Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Those jobs do NOT require more knowledge, experience, or training than pilots - they only require more formal education than a pilot.
Also, "Senior" anything in a job description typically means having a good bit of experience and/or tenure; starting wages for PEs and programmers out of college are substantially higher than regional pilot wages today but nowhere close to the figures you have listed.
There are no PE's out of college. PE licensure requires a certain amount of experience after college prior to sitting for the licensing exams.