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 This very much depends on where you live. If you live in NYC, LA or SF, then this is less than what average software engineers get especially if you count equity that software engineers in big corpos often get as part of their comp. 
You can confirm this on https://www.glassdoor.com/

E.g. with the money that  nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu is getting after 40% taxes, you can reasonably rent a decent 2-3 bedroom ($5k/m), get a car, have some money to travel, etc, but if you would want to own a place or if you need to take care of your dependents, then it becomes harder (without additional income)