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Ask HN: What/where are the highest paid software jobs?
I'm talking about jobs that involve actual coding. Wall Street comes to mind. I'm wondering what else? Seems like some of the rich Middle Eastern countries would have a hard time attracting talent without paying significantly above market rates?
- kls 15y agoI have seen the highest pay out of the NE US, I think they have to pay more because what they are doing is less sexy than the valley. Yet the have to compete for top talent. In my experience I have seen the best offers from that region on a purely compensation basis. As for the middle east I don't have any insight but if I where to take a wild stab at it, I would say that Indian developers probably have a higher presence in that market and therefore reduce the average wage. American developers really offer the middle east little advantage, because they have the same cultural and language issues that an Indian developer has in working on US based projects. To me it seems like that would be an influencing factor on that market, but as I said, I do not have insight into the market.
- wh-uws 15y agoDepends on several factors. Including (but not limited to): - Before or after taxes? - Are you talking about grossing the most money or having it go the farthest? $90k in SF is different from $90k in Austin which is very different from $90k in New York. You always have to account for cost of living in the area and cost of compensation type. (Payments from equity or options are taxed differently than income) My guess would be that you would get a higher dollar amount offer as a talented high level engineer in SF or coding just about anything for bank in NYC. But the money wouldn't go as far as it would in a Austin, Houston , or an Atlanta.
- iradik 15y agoThe question to be asking is not what are the highest paying jobs, but who are the highest paid individuals? They are the individuals who interviewed at multiple places, got multiple job offers, and negotiated with the employer of their choice. The problem with working for Abu-Dabi or some non-tech company is they won't know how to assess engineering value, and so I doubt they'd pay a premium for it. Perhaps some desperate company would do payscale * 20%. The desperate rich non-tech company approach might work well for someone with a very nice looking resume with lots of corporate experience, who actually isn't very good. However, none of that that will compare to a great engineer starting a bidding war between major tech companies (google, facebook, amazon, etc.). Companies that have a much better idea of what you're worth, and are willing to pay.