Google L3 SWE total comp is $193k https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce

Google L3 SWE total comp is $193k https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce&track=Software%20Engineer https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Salesforce&track=Soft... Base salary is the wrong comparison. As you move up to higher levels and get stacking equity grants, the liquid stock vesting routinely becomes >50% of total comp at FAANG -- i.e. you have to look at total comp. It's not even close to comparable. Also worth noting: as a PhD with assistant prof levels of experience, you'd typically join as L5 (source: myself), which has total comp starting at $365k according to levels.fyi