[cpeterso]

Those numbers seem pretty high compared to Glassdoor.com reports. In their San Jose area offices, Google, Apple, and Microsoft seem to be paying software engineers with 0-3 years of experience between $70K-130K:

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-San-Jose-Salaries-EI_...

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/cupertino-apple-salary-SRC...

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-jose-microsoft-salary-...