The data is not scrubbed at all [0], but once scrubbed looks believable.

Per this self-reported data, base Salary for engineer-class jobs (excluding management)in the San Francisco Bay Area pays:

1 yr. experience $104,000.

5 yr. $132,000

10 yr. $175,000

15+ yr. $171,000

Cash bonuses average about 7% of base salary.

[0]Most salaries are written out fully ($120,000). But enough are in $1,000s ($120) to throw it off if you're doing any averaging.

Location naming is all over the place:

- San Francisco

- SFO

- San Francisco Bay Area

- Bay Area

- San Jose

- San Carlos

- Mountain View

- Sunnyvale

etc.

Job title is all over the place...

So you'll need to do some scrubbing in order to get it to a useful state.

When I looked at salaries around my area and places I assume I know something it looks reasonable. What was interesting some guys working at same place for long with 8-10yr experience had quite low salary compared to guys with 4yrs experience in the same area, but that is something I would expect as well. Just throw away obvious jokes.

Haha, I think I know who that is; they were in my cohort. They had other problems in their life and I think have had trouble getting on their feet. It doesn't help that they didn't stay in NYC/SF upon completion and instead moved back to podunk, where there aren't as many tech jobs.

Really smart person, but some serious issues.