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Erm, in my experience (20 years, good but not a superstar) the numbers are 2x that. My last BigCo offer was $300k total comp and jobs with smaller companies (a

Erm, in my experience (20 years, good but not a superstar) the numbers are 2x that. My last BigCo offer was $300k total comp and jobs with smaller companies (all remote) were around $120-150k. One startup offered me $190k to work remote (but I would have been the only remote worker). That said, I agree that your average non-FAANG job pays about half of FAANG. Although this is true regardless of remote-ness.

tolbish 6y ago
You are getting those offers because of your 20 years of experience, not because remote work is inherently lucrative. Most people with 10 or fewer years of experience are used to seeing remote-only offers of less than $100k.
- _t0du 6y ago
  I have less than 20 years experience (less than 10 even) and I have gotten/seen a bunch of offers/jobs/etc with remote-only or remote-first over 100k
  - tolbish 6y ago
    Do you believe your experience is common, or that you are an outlier?
    - _t0du 6y ago
      It's less me, and more the experience of myself, my close friends and professional colleagues. But as with everything, I would assume it's a mix of both.
      - tolbish 6y ago
        Can you speak more about these experiences? Are these colleagues from average or elite schools? FAANG type backgrounds or typical corp resumes?
        _t0du 6y ago
        No, we're all pretty average people. Mediocre colleges with mediocre degrees and mediocre working histories.