The real question is how dev salaries stack up around the rest of the US. Bay Area developers have higher social status than their colleagues in other places, which (admittedly very anecdotally) seems to correlate with better pay.
Are there dev jobs paying, say, $150k in Chicago? If so, I don't see much advertising/discussion for them...
Are there dev jobs paying, say, $150k in Chicago? If so, I don't see much advertising/discussion for them...