Probably should just apply to those then. Or search for senior software engineer on LinkedIn and apply to those. I just did that right now and get lots of hits with salaries above 100k.

It has those posts, yes, those salaries are also going down but I was talking senior to senior development salaries. Those are all under $100k that I can see. I don't have the requisite experience for staff++ or team leads, nor do I really care to have those jobs.

I honestly don't understand where you're seeing sub 100k salaries for senior developers. Can you send a link or screenshot of what you're seeing?

LinkedIn. Sub 100k salaries are the norm. What magic are you doing to get more money? Do I just need to like humblebrag leetcode or something to get the algorithm to spike my worth?

I'm not in the Midwest nor do I put my desired location as there, I set it as remote only and use the 100k+ filter. I haven't done any Leetcode for any of my jobs, just full stack.