[suyash]

In the bay area that is considered pretty low unless it's a startup with significant equity.

[argonaut]

On the contrary, that's right in line with what I've seen as entry level salaries for college grads (not Stanford grads) in the Bay Area.

[internetdude313]

It is hard to agree with you. 85K is actually a lot in my co-ordinates of the bay area [0].

[0] http://news.ycombinator.com