Austin, Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto, (and maybe London UK) branches of FAANG pays 2-3x from the top-10% market average in that area. SDE1 @ Amazon Vancouver ge

Austin, Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto, (and maybe London UK) branches of FAANG pays 2-3x from the top-10% market average in that area. SDE1 @ Amazon Vancouver get at least 160-180k (CAD). SDE3 @ Tableau Vancouver can hit $300k-$350k (CAD). SDE3 @ Amazon Seattle can get paid 400-500k (USD). I don't know how much Google Singapore, Zurich, and China pay compare to the market. I heard Alibaba pays $200k USD (if you're OK with 996) for Soft Eng (not in management). All I said was that "competitive salary" is loosely defined because once FAANG landed in a specific location, they will absolutely "crushed" your notion of competitive salary. This is the reason why I find the notion of "competitive salary" is interesting (and a bit funny). Employees will demand "competitive salary" and when we asked them, they will point out to the maximum TC that they can find in their area. That's not "competitive" salary. That's "I want to get paid the max". Of course... it wouldn't be sexy to say "pay us fairly" since that equates to "market average".