Twitter, Facebook, Google, Apple: Average Salaries In Silicon Valley [INFOGRAPHIC]

At the time of writing there are some 48,000 jobs at internet companies in the Valley. In the past year alone, unemployment has fallen from 11% to 8.5%, and there are no signs that things are slowing down.

This infographic from Q&A and research hub Focus analyses how much you can make if you’re fortunate enough to work in Silicon Valley, and asks: with the area’s incredibly high cost of living, is it actually worth it?

Highlights from the visual:

• The top-paid engineers at Google can expect to rake in $180,000 per annum, compared with $155,000 at LinkedIn, $150,000 at Facebook and $125,000 at Twitter
• A software engineer who works at Silicon Valley earns an average of $90,000 (across all companies), compared to the national average of $72,000...