• Contract $75/hour (“take-home”? possibly a typo) pre-tax income, without benefits is considered “very good”.
• Perm $120k-130k is considered “very good”.
• Perm 110k-120k is typical.

Today (in 2018) I heard these numbers from a java developer friend (my age) who has worked in U.S. (always Texas) since 2007. Is that consistent with what you see?

I used to hear that senior developers (perm) earn 75k to 90k in most states except tristate and California. Now I think 110k-120k might be the market rate.

Why the increase? I was told technology jobs are moving to Dallas and Austin, and there’s a skill shortage.