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There is something really off about these numbers. unless i'm totally off about how many entry level employees are in the area vs mid/senior level employees. Si
by withdavidli 11y ago
There is something really off about these numbers. unless i'm totally off about how many entry level employees are in the area vs mid/senior level employees. Since this data is collected by people reporting their salaries, I think that people that are more junior are more likely using and submitting their salary info to the site. This will skew salary data toward entry level employees.
I also see Glassdoor is accounting for stocks now, though that's not factored into avg salary, but total comp. Looking at some companies this raise compensation by ~$50k.
- pmiller2 11y agoI would say that counts, provided it's actual stock and not options. If it's actual stock, it's liquid, which makes it almost as good as cash for most purposes.
- withdavidli 11y agoRSUs and other post ipo options should definitely count cause you can sell it right after they vest, basically treating it like cash. What I'm saying is that Glassdoor does not count it towards their avg salary number. If you click a salary for a role at a certain company it'll give you a different breakdown showing Avg Salary, and one showing Total Comp that includes salary + bonus + stock
- ryandrake 11y agoRSUs will typically all vest after a certain period of time, depending on the company (4-5 years?). But your mortgage is for 30 years. I wouldn't count that stock towards your "yearly income".
- tamana 11y agoRSUs refresh, or employees go to another employer for new RSUs.
- withdavidli 11y agothey vest over a period of time, not usually all at once. my company does it evenly over 4 years with a 1 year cliff. other companies can have it skewed towards the latter 4 years. employees do get refreshers as well. so if it vests equally over a certain amount of years, totally should count that portion towards yearly income. In your analogy, it's like counting how much you owe in mortgage payments every year towards yearly expenses.