News Summary

• Software engineers in the Bay Area still earn far more than their peers almost anywhere else in the US.
• Adjusting for local prices narrows the gap, but Bay Area engineers still come out 53% ahead.
• Seattle also remains well above average after the adjustment, while cities such as Boston and Washington, DC, lose most of their advantage once living costs are factored in.
• These numbers are also based on submissions to Levels.fyi, so they could over-index toward areas where people like to brag about their pay, wherever that is.