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Are you... aware of SDE salaries?

Average here is € 59 814 / year

Average US engineer makes about $95k. Software managers average $130k.

Source? Those seem rather low.

Glassdoor. It's a national average, so your specific area may be higher.

Yes, are you aware of what their managers make?

Not a whole lot more. I had one job at a small company where I made more than my direct manager.

Then I guess you should go tell Glassdoor that your anecdote is better than their statistics.