As of 2012, their salary cap was 127k for all employees--even the CEO: Karp: https://www.quora.com/How-does-Palantir-attract-talent-if-it-caps-its-salary-at-127

As of 2012, their salary cap was 127k for all employees--even the CEO: Karp: https://www.quora.com/How-does-Palantir-attract-talent-if-it-caps-its-salary-at-127-000 https://www.quora.com/How-does-Palantir-attract-talent-if-it... http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/killer-app/ http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/killer-app/ As of 2014, their salary cap was 137k & 15k bonus: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/business/unlocking-secrets-if-not-its-own-value.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/business/unlocking-secrets... Perhaps those numbers are average or even below average for the Bay Area. Furthermore remember those are global caps, so unless you are in the top pay grade in the company, you'd likely make less, I assume.