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Salaries around 150k for senior engineers aren't even that common in the states outside of the Bay Area and New York. Can you keep your current position but wor

Salaries around 150k for senior engineers aren't even that common in the states outside of the Bay Area and New York. Can you keep your current position but work remotely from the EU?

quickthrower2 8y ago
And outside of those areas, usually in finance, specifically trading shops and specifically very skilled people doing low level algo multi threaded type stuff. I've also heard of some good starter salaries at Atlassian which means it might be possible that the seniors there can get $150K US +.
artemisyna 8y ago
..add "Seattle" to US cities with decent numbers of software engineers making $150k+.
natalyarostova 8y ago
This hacker news paradox always pops up, where people say this isn't common, but literally every SDE I know, even those straight out of undergrad, makes more than that all-in.
- chillacy 8y ago
  Maybe people are only looking at base salary instead of total comp. If anyone’s curious what the going rate is these days, visit levels.fyi and read some threads on Blind. Senior SWEs often land over 300K TC at the big companies.
wholien 8y ago
I've seen that compensation in Seattle, Denver/Boulder, Portland, Chicago (quant trading + Google n co), Boston, Austin, LA, Houston (two sigma). Some cities that had salaries that almost got there (100k+): Pittsburgh, Dallas, San Diego, Cincinnati (saw a 110k job ad, didn't interview, that would be a great comp to cost of living ratio), Madison WI, Atlanta (really close to 150k+)... To check, usually you can find examples on h1bdata.info
gnulinux 8y ago
In Boston, I found a $100k job straight outta college and I know my seniors are paid twice me. Basically, you're wrong.
- misframer 8y ago
  How common is that though? Your example doesn’t necessarily make the parent comment wrong.
thwy12321 8y ago
this isnt true, stop posting about things you arent well informed on
caspercrf 8y ago
Not common in San Diego either... the sunshine tax is real.

Salaries around 150k for senior engineers aren't even that common in the states outside of the Bay Area and New York. Can you keep your current position but work remotely from the EU?

quickthrower2 8y ago

And outside of those areas, usually in finance, specifically trading shops and specifically very skilled people doing low level algo multi threaded type stuff. I've also heard of some good starter salaries at Atlassian which means it might be possible that the seniors there can get $150K US +.

artemisyna 8y ago

..add "Seattle" to US cities with decent numbers of software engineers making $150k+.

natalyarostova 8y ago

This hacker news paradox always pops up, where people say this isn't common, but literally every SDE I know, even those straight out of undergrad, makes more than that all-in.

chillacy 8y ago
Maybe people are only looking at base salary instead of total comp. If anyone’s curious what the going rate is these days, visit levels.fyi and read some threads on Blind. Senior SWEs often land over 300K TC at the big companies.

wholien 8y ago

I've seen that compensation in Seattle, Denver/Boulder, Portland, Chicago (quant trading + Google n co), Boston, Austin, LA, Houston (two sigma). Some cities that had salaries that almost got there (100k+): Pittsburgh, Dallas, San Diego, Cincinnati (saw a 110k job ad, didn't interview, that would be a great comp to cost of living ratio), Madison WI, Atlanta (really close to 150k+)... To check, usually you can find examples on h1bdata.info

gnulinux 8y ago

In Boston, I found a $100k job straight outta college and I know my seniors are paid twice me. Basically, you're wrong.

misframer 8y ago
How common is that though? Your example doesn’t necessarily make the parent comment wrong.

thwy12321 8y ago

this isnt true, stop posting about things you arent well informed on

caspercrf 8y ago

Not common in San Diego either... the sunshine tax is real.