But 90% of the pay goes to Silicon Valley developers.
</s><p>Sarcasm aside, good charts and good content. However, Boston, Framingham, and Lowell are listed separately even though they're quite clearly part of the same extended metro; likewise the exact distinction between 'San Fransisco area' and 'San Jose area' is not specified.<p>But the juxtaposition of these two quotes does not make sense:<p>[1] "223,054 software developer job openings exist in the United States, most of them outside major tech hubs"<p>[2] "And places such as the Salt Lake City region are driving large demand, with 800 new developer positions open at companies including Fidelity, L3, and Raytheon."<p>That's several orders of magnitude apart. 800 additional positions is considered 'driving demand'?