Tech Salaries in 50 US States – Where Would You Earn the Most?

Yeap. It's a completely worthless article. The more important numbers are:

0) cost-of-living adjusted income (for daily living expenses)

1) housing to yearly income ratio (housing affordability)

Absolute yearly salary is primarily useful data for non-local inelastic demand and luxury items that tend to not track local costs-of-living, i.e., a Tesla (sans tax credits) or a Nest thermostat.

Better articles:

https://qz.com/1195354/tech-salaries-in-austin-texas-are-eff...

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-10-cities-with-the-...