&gt; A full time career that doesn&#x27;t pay enough to buy a home. And they say software developers are overpaid.<p>The average salary for a &quot;software developer&quot; job posting in my city (Charlotte, NC) is $101k. The average income in Charlotte is $53k. The median home value is $167k. 60% of the value of a home in a year is pretty good.<p>I&#x27;ve also lived in Sydney, Mannheim, San Francisco, and Seattle, and I noticed similar economics in each of these places (where the salary of software developers tended to be quite high relative to the average income). Do you perhaps live somewhere with a very different trend?<p>Sources:<p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indeed.com&#x2F;salary?q1=software+developer&amp;l1=charlotte%2C+nc&amp;tm=1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indeed.com&#x2F;salary?q1=software+developer&amp;l1=charlo...</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bestplaces.net&#x2F;economy&#x2F;city&#x2F;north_carolina&#x2F;charlotte" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bestplaces.net&#x2F;economy&#x2F;city&#x2F;north_carolina&#x2F;charlo...</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zillow.com&#x2F;charlotte-nc&#x2F;home-values&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zillow.com&#x2F;charlotte-nc&#x2F;home-values&#x2F;</a>