I randomly checked Glassdoor and Payscale for software engineer's salary.

They seem to suggest fresh grad engineers are getting $3,200 on average (~ $40,000/year). Senior engineers with maybe 5 years of experience maybe $3,800 to $4,200 (~ $50,000/year). Well,I assume on average they get a small increment of $100. So after 10 years of experience, one ends up with a $4,200 to $4,500 salary?

Then there are news reports are saying fresh IT graduate out of university are already getting $4,000-$4,500 for their first job.

Which report is more accurate about ST and NCS' approximate salary range? What's going on?