This might be news to people not familiar with high tech job salaries, likely the Dice audience. So as general news it’s quite valid. On HN I doubt anyone is surprised by this.
What is the dice audience? - tried googling to no avail
The audience of the website (dice.com) that the article was posted on.
Seems to be hiring focused blog / jobs board.
Dice is one of the oldest tech focused job boards. 99% of the jobs posted there are for tech contractors (business analysts, it admin, software developers) posted by staffing agencies or Indian outsourcers like Tata who need to hire contractors. Pay for these jobs are between $25-$100 hr.