These numbers are lower than I expected; if you have even a single competing offer from another respected tech company, the numbers are much much higher. Also,

These numbers are lower than I expected; if you have even a single competing offer from another respected tech company, the numbers are much much higher. Also, once you stack the annual refreshers and a little bit of stock growth over a year or two, you could be making close what your L+1 peers are making as per the chart. This chart is a reasonable indicator of maybe the numbers on your offer letter but usually this increases substantially over time. Source: I'm a Google employee.