[apesti]

I don’t think it’s high housing prices cause high engineer salaries. By that logic all jobs in SF/Seattle should be high paying but that isn’t the case.

I see two ways it could be working:

1. High engineering salaries cause high housing prices

2. High engineering employer demand causes high housing prices (more employees in the same area and stagnant housing supply)

For 2, the high housing prices probably do push up salaries to an extent but the real cause is demand for engineers

[com2kid]

Salaries in Seattle are sky high across the board. I've seen house painters getting paid 100/hr, that was obviously on the high end, but 60/he isn't unreasonable around here.