They must have alot of seniority. Teachers in San Diego start in the low 30’s. They don’t even hit 50k till they are around 5 years plus a masters degree. One of my best friends is a math teacher in Palm Springs. When we graduated he couldn’t make the numbers work, even for a rental, as a teacher. This was in 1998.
sdrealtor, your numbers are anecdotal and skewed. Someone else even posted that the median household income in Carlsbad is only 90k. I am guessing here but thats mostly dual income families, not just single lawyers.