The BLS also has regional data if you check the second link. Seems the BLS thinks programmers in the Bay Area make perhaps 1.3x the national average. But Bay Area programmers don’t just work for highly profitable tech companies… there are non-software-company salaries and salaries at less profitable tech companies pulling the average down. It’s also not clear whether the BLS is taking in to account equity compensation, which is obviously very significant at many Bay Area tech companies.
The BLS also has regional data if you check the second link. Seems the BLS thinks programmers in the Bay Area make perhaps 1.3x the national average. But Bay Area programmers don’t just work for highly profitable tech companies… there are non-software-company salaries and salaries at less profitable tech companies pulling the average down. It’s also not clear whether the BLS is taking in to account equity compensation, which is obviously very significant at many Bay Area tech companies.