My progression:
23 - 45K (University sysadmin, east coast)
26 - 60k (University research systems programmer, east coast)
31 - 65k (SWE, small IHV, remote)
32-42 -- incremental raises up to $145K (senior SWE, same company)
43 - 425k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA)
44 - 390k (Senior SWE, Google, Mountain View CA)
45 - 350k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
46 - 400k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
47 - 525k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
48 - 600k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)
49 - 800k (Senior SWE, Netflix, Remote)