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The article says that the top 10 % for software developers in SF is $136,000 (and they state that this is low). I thought that the top 10% is around $200k of co
by zitterbewegung 8y ago
The article says that the top 10 % for software developers in SF is $136,000 (and they state that this is low). I thought that the top 10% is around $200k of compensation? Am I wrong?
- trishume 8y agoI think the issue is they got that figure from a site that only counts base salary, when a lot of high end dev compensation comes as bonus or stock.
- caprese 8y agoyeah although people want to know "how much do people make" or "how much are people paid" they - and the sources they find on google - quickly conflate income, salary, compensation while also having wrong and old aggregated information for all of it this works for most people's fields, doesn't work for tech.
- hellisothers 8y agoYou are correct, $136k is barely above entry salary, $200k I would say is the higher end of average for senior+ devs, salary only, not including bonus or equity.
- lettergram 8y ago$136k base, other incentives are usually at least $25k. After a few years experience $180k - $200k base is more common. I’ve been offered that a few times and everyone I know makes more than $136k base after some experience
- ummonk 8y agoThe author seems to express skepticism at that as well. That might be accurate for base pay, not counting equity.
- rboyd 8y agoyeah, it's like $350-500k after experience at this point. new grads aren't even slumming at $136k.. http://levels.fyi http://levels.fyi
- electricslpnsld 8y agoBase salary at the bigs starts around 150 +/- 10%. Total comp packages take your actual W2 income way higher, though (50% signing bonuses, regular old bonuses, RSU grants around 75% of base salary a year).