I would guess it is closer to the cost of 1 engineer, maybe below. Conservative estimate of the average engineer at a company in the bay area is above 100K in c

I would guess it is closer to the cost of 1 engineer, maybe below. Conservative estimate of the average engineer at a company in the bay area is above 100K in cash compensation plus the cost multiplier of an employee is easily 2x once you account for benefits and other employer costs.