I&#x27;d love to be able to hire developers for $92K&#x2F;year in SF, but these numbers are completely off base for average salary.  Even offering $160-200K (plus options), I probably lose half my recruiting battles to big companies offering total compensation in the range of $450-800K&#x2F;year.<p>Who do you think is making housing so unaffordable?  It&#x27;s the tens of thousands of software developers earning $200K-800K&#x2F;year!<p>Of course, there is an above-average number of super-rich entrepreneurs in SF, but that&#x27;s still only a tiny fraction of the population compared to developers.  Moreover, the city makes it virtually impossible to combine apartments or houses into mega-mansions, so even the super rich don&#x27;t consume that many housing units per-capita in SF.