While you're right, I'd like to point out that an employee earning 120k in wages costs an employer a lot more than 120k. Social security tax, Medicare tax, Fede

While you're right, I'd like to point out that an employee earning 120k in wages costs an employer a lot more than 120k. Social security tax, Medicare tax, Federal Unemployment Tax Act tax, possibly state unemployment tax, health insurance, and some states have something called workers' compensation insurance. At Google, I'm sure there's also a lot of benefits included that would count towards the cost of each employee.