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Google L5 in the Bay Area doesn’t pay $200k base. Your friends are either lying to you or you are an exceptional group not representative of standard senior Bay

Google L5 in the Bay Area doesn’t pay $200k base. Your friends are either lying to you or you are an exceptional group not representative of standard senior Bay Area FAANG base salaries.

cercatrova 5y ago
I never said FAANG pays 200k base. Companies who only pay in cash will have their total compensation be 200k. FAANG meanwhile pays a lower base, such as 170k, and the rest is RSUs. While FAANG base is lower, their total compensation is higher than other companies.
- bornfreddy 5y ago
  Curious, which companies "pay in cash"? (I'm not from US)
  - cercatrova 5y ago
    Most companies pay in cash. It's really among FAANG and FAANG adjacent that pay in RSUs. Fortune 500s pay in cash, many of them at least.
    - bornfreddy 5y ago
      Ah, misunderstood completely. Thank you for clarifying!
rsanek 5y ago
It's pretty close to $200k -- levels.fyi says it's $193k average for base. If you include bonus, total cash comp is $231k. https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engineer/L5/San-Francisco-Bay-Area/ https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...