Ask HN: What is an acceptable starting salary for Upper Middle Class in USA

Being An Indian student studying computer science in a US university (Cornell), what is an aspirational starting salary?

The course i am going to embark upon M.Eng. in CS has 36k$ tuition (its year long course) and salaries are 80k$ per Annum on average. However i know quite a few ppl who went to Microsoft as SDET or Tech Analyst in Amazon who got 85K$ base + ~30-40k$ in stock!

So the question is what is an aspirational starting salary in USA.

I am interested in creating my own startup as well but just to get an idea.