I've never understood the frame where people are "high earners" as an intrinsic trait and then choose (whether as a matter of luxury consumption, ideology, or tax avoidance) to live in California or not. Most of us are high earners because of, and contingent on, showing up to California offices.
Here's the study this article is based on: <a href="https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26349/w26349.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w26349/w263...</a><p>Edited to include to a free link to the PDF