As detailed in Alphabet's Schedule 14A filing, median compensation totaled $295,884 in 2021. An analysis by S&P Global illustrates that median compensation at A

As detailed in Alphabet's Schedule 14A filing, median compensation totaled $295,884 in 2021. An analysis by S&P Global illustrates that median compensation at Alphabet was 67% higher than at Microsoft and 153% higher than the 20 largest listed technology companies in the US. There is no justification for this enormous disparity. Is that a super accurate description, though? Out of all the people whose pay could be described as "coming from Alphabet", only a fraction are actually Alphabet employees. Most are third-class citizen contractors who certainly do not get paid 300K a year.