That's true, but OP included no information on where he (she?) is located, or exactly which currency is being referred to in the figure. Without that extra information, "$1K/month" looks strange.

That's why I asked for clarification; I thought there might be a typo. I hadn't considered the possibility of location-based factors, I will admit, but OP didn't provide information on that either.

in my country the top software engineers get 1000$.