Ask HN: What is the ceiling salary for an average developer?

If you work at a normal company and get a salary, I'd say 150K these days for a senior is just about the max.

As a highly skilled consultant/freelancer that chargers per project or hourly... could possibly be much more.

This is in the USA btw.

I'd agree, with a few caveats:

1. If you make it to upper-management (VP of Eng. / CTO, etc) you can expect to make an additional 100k or so.

2. Your "total comp" is going to vary widely. If you're lucky enough to work for a public company who comps you options, the actual value of your package could me many multiples of your salary.

The lowest end of our senior band is $150k. Pretty standard for similar companies. This is SF.

I don't think this is really a fair upper bound. Yes, I know a lot of senior guys making less than 150K. But I also have friends with starting salaries immediately out of college that were closer to 200K. (Also USA.)

This is going to vary greatly based on the country and city where a developer lives.

What kind of pay could I expect fresh out of college? I'm currently working part time as a developer in our college Software Engineering lab and am active in our local Code for America brigade