Maybe in the Idaho market.

Now I feel undervalued making 60k in SF bay area three years ago :(

It really depends on what you're doing, where you're doing it and who you're doing it for. If you were a writer 3 years ago, you were banking it.

I made websites at a big corp. I thought it was pretty decent for a kid like me that dropped out of school and didn't want to go back. I worked extra too just to try to impress my bosses because the name and reference on my resume was well worth it.

It probably was then.

It is in Broward and Palm Beach county, Florida.

after cross-referencing salary.com and payscale for boca raton, the average pay for someone with 2 years experience (just to approximate the skills required for the position) is about $58k. $45k is off the bottom end of the chart, approaching the 0th percentile.

to pay above market, you'd need to be paying $60k minimum, not maximum.

all of this is, of course, assuming benefits (health/dental/etc).

For an entry-level, fresh out of a mid-tier school graduate, perhaps. (based on my experience as a programmer in NW Broward)