What does it take to land a six-figure coding job? The $10k reward alone is nearly half of my annual income. I have no idea how good you have to be to earn that much.
Child care and health care are really expensive, though, and can burn a surprising amount of that in a hurry. Even in “lesser” markets where housing’s within reach of someone making that much, healthcare and child care can hurt the ol’ pocket book.
Entry level in hotter cities will be over $100k, and the lower end of mid-tier in weaker cities will be over $100k.
You don’t have to be good at all, the handful of truly-bad developers I’ve met seem to do fine.
Plenty of tech companies that aren't The Big Ones that will pay those salaries though, even in non-HCOL areas (in the US).
* The United States (80k - 300k USD)
* Europe (50k - 90k Euro)
* Canada (70 - 120 CAD)
Northern and western Europe, maybe.
I gave numbers, it'd be awesome if you provided some too so the parent and grandparent post can have a good idea of what's going on :)
1. Where you live
2. What your current job is
Landing a 6-figure job requires either merely living in the Bay area, or finding a remote job with ~5 years experience.