This is far from true. Aside from Valley pay, which also has Valley housing costs, a "tech job" will barely pay for healthcare and housing for one, much less healthcare and housing for four.
This is far from true. Aside from Valley pay, which also has Valley housing costs, a "tech job" will barely pay for healthcare and housing for one, much less healthcare and housing for four.
Median dev salary in USA is $133k, most likely with healthcare already. You can easily afford a mortgage on a median home which is about $24k/yr.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...
https://www.zillow.com/home-values/102001/united-states/
https://www.calculator.net/mortgage-calculator.html?chousepr...
The median dev doesn’t work in a city with a median cost of living. The jobs are concentrated where there’s a high cost of living.