Let&#x27;s compare median national wages to local home prices. Look at the story we can tell!<p>Looking at median wage data can be deceiving. For example, doctors salaries are bi modal. A lot of people making 40k&#x2F;year then all of a sudden they jump up to 180k. I would make the argument that software engineering is probably logarithmic from 90k, with very few people making over 140k. Is the median salary for a &quot;programmer&quot; 92k? Yes. Is that fact useful in the prediction of home ownership for certain local markets? I doubt it.<p>Obviously it&#x27;s hard for a median wage teacher to but a home by themselves in SF, but I question this methodology.