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by red-iron-pine 979 days ago
the average salary in the US is like 58k. 200k USD makes you the global 1%, even if you're not the US 1%.

plus if I believe levels.fyi, 200k+ is F500 programmers, and mostly those at FAANGs or other high-end orgs. Plenty of folks ain't.

But yeah, 20k/mo. is mid-level legit-org SWE pay.