Breakdowns are available on the rest of our site (check out http://levels.fyi/comp.html http://levels.fyi/comp.html). We just used total packages for our end of

Breakdowns are available on the rest of our site (check out http://levels.fyi/comp.html http://levels.fyi/comp.html). We just used total packages for our end of the year report to deliver more focus to the totals since that's the main objective of using a median value (ie the median total package isn't guaranteed to reflect the middle stock package or median base salary. That said, total compensation is what candidates look at when switching companies and what recruiters have to match if they really want to attract a candidate. This along with the bull run stock market is what has led to such an increase in comp over last few years.