Comment Comment by woobar First, Computer Programmer is a strange occupation. According to BLS there are just 147K positions in the US.Instead I'd suggest looking at Software Developers (1.5M positions) with median income at $127K.Second, by definition median is not a competitive salary. I'd think top 25% of devs are getting competitive salary. Which is $161K [1]20 years of savings at 30% of income will get you $2M. Which is not a fat retirement, but still doable.[1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#nat parent woobar 3 years ago
Instead I'd suggest looking at Software Developers (1.5M positions) with median income at $127K.
Second, by definition median is not a competitive salary. I'd think top 25% of devs are getting competitive salary. Which is $161K [1]
20 years of savings at 30% of income will get you $2M. Which is not a fat retirement, but still doable.
[1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm#nat