The median income for full time workers in the US is about 40k, not 30k.  Also I don&#x27;t personally know anyone who makes $250k cash comp, and I know people at google and facebook and a handful of other &quot;big corps&quot;.  I have a friend who&#x27;s close tho, around $230k at google after 6 years.  You can&#x27;t count the appreciation of the stock on the RSUs