I'm from Victoria and these six figures salaries being thrown around as "not that much" seem crazy to me too.  Victoria is a smaller version of Vancouver but take off about $50k for the highest salary range and about $20k from your range for a new grad.<p>The quality of life is great though. It takes me 10 minutes to bike to work and I'm home by 5.<p>I've come to realization lately that if I want to earn a lot as a software developer, I will need to move to a large US city.