Finance pays at least as well as FAANGs (anecdote: in 2017 I had an offer from a FAANG and a finance company, the finance offer was slightly higher, and the FAA

Finance pays at least as well as FAANGs (anecdote: in 2017 I had an offer from a FAANG and a finance company, the finance offer was slightly higher, and the FAANG flat-out refused to negotiate a finance offer), and also my sense is that salaries outside the US aren't keeping up at all with the US. The salary numbers on https://levels.fyi https://levels.fyi seem to be plausible enough for US FAANG salaries, if you want an idea of what they look like.