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I see a lot of these crazy high salaries (there's nothing much higher than $150 for a sr dev around here on the east) are in SF area. Are these the exception F

I see a lot of these crazy high salaries (there's nothing much higher than $150 for a sr dev around here on the east) are in SF area. Are these the exception FAANG salaries or are most companies paying such high salaries out there? It just blows my mind I can't imagine making such money as a dev and I've been doing this for a lot of years.

8077628 8y ago
I suspect they're the exception, although they may be including stock options or could even be nonsense, this being the internet and all.
strikelaserclaw 8y ago
No Big Co Job I've ever worked at had many people who visited HN. I suspect only passionate engineers visit this site, so that skews salaries. Most non big city salaries are like 70-110k
sytelus 8y ago
Median total compensation at FB is $240K and at Google $197K as per SEC filings. Folks with $1M figures are probably in top 3-5% in these companies. I would also add that if you are in bay area with $240K total comp and have family, your standard of living is probably not all that enviable. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/15/median-pay-apple-salaries-fb-goog-nflx-msft-tsla.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/15/median-p...
- minhaz23 8y ago
  How can one see these compensation data's in the SEC filings themselves? Where do I look? Are you saying some of the people here with 400-800k salaries are top 5% at a FAANG?
  - chillacy 8y ago
    Managers will usually pull 400k+, I wouldn't say that's a top 5% salary. Above 300k isn't unusual at all. Check out levels.fyi for some examples of top-of-band salaries in each level.
    - minhaz23 8y ago
      Engineering managers? Are there any non tech management level positions at FAANG that net these types of salaries as well?
      - chillacy 8y ago
        Yea EMs. I don't know about non-tech.
- pedrosorio 8y ago
  This is misleading because it's reporting median compensation of all employees in the company. Median compensation for software engineers at the HQ is higher.
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8077628 8y ago

I suspect they're the exception, although they may be including stock options or could even be nonsense, this being the internet and all.

strikelaserclaw 8y ago

No Big Co Job I've ever worked at had many people who visited HN. I suspect only passionate engineers visit this site, so that skews salaries. Most non big city salaries are like 70-110k

sytelus 8y ago

Median total compensation at FB is $240K and at Google $197K as per SEC filings. Folks with $1M figures are probably in top 3-5% in these companies. I would also add that if you are in bay area with $240K total comp and have family, your standard of living is probably not all that enviable. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/15/median-pay-apple-salaries-fb-goog-nflx-msft-tsla.html https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/01/15/median-p...

minhaz23 8y ago
How can one see these compensation data's in the SEC filings themselves? Where do I look? Are you saying some of the people here with 400-800k salaries are top 5% at a FAANG?
- chillacy 8y ago
  Managers will usually pull 400k+, I wouldn't say that's a top 5% salary. Above 300k isn't unusual at all. Check out levels.fyi for some examples of top-of-band salaries in each level.
  - minhaz23 8y ago
    Engineering managers? Are there any non tech management level positions at FAANG that net these types of salaries as well?
    - chillacy 8y ago
      Yea EMs. I don't know about non-tech.
pedrosorio 8y ago
This is misleading because it's reporting median compensation of all employees in the company. Median compensation for software engineers at the HQ is higher.

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