Software Engineer Salaries

Comments debate compensation levels for software engineers, questioning if figures like 100k-150k are low for mid/senior roles in high-cost areas like the Bay Area, Seattle, and big tech companies, with references to levels.fyi and Glassdoor.

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whatyesaid Apr 2, 2023 View on HN

Are they paying 100k in the Bay Area or more upwards of 200k?

krat0sprakhar May 7, 2024 View on HN

I think the author is talking about comp data from levels.fyi https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer?countryId=254&cou...

adrr Aug 26, 2022 View on HN

Are you US based? Companies are hiring mid to senior devs at $150k/yr. That is way under market rate.

sdhgaiojfsa Feb 24, 2018 View on HN

If anything it might be a little low. For example, "senior" engineer at Google (a rank you can hit in less than five years if you are competent) pays 250k according to GlassDoor[1]. The other competitive BigCos are similar, some paying more, and some paying less.[1]: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Senior-Software-Engi.

saddlerustle Dec 20, 2020 View on HN

That sounds low. Booking.com can do ~€150k TC for senior engineers, and several finance places including optiver will do >€200k

I_AM_A_SMURF Feb 16, 2021 View on HN

Are you sure? 130k is fresh out of grad money in SF/Seattle (not sure about on the east coast, but presumably is similar). For reference senior is ~300-350k (this is for big tech companies)

machello13 Dec 3, 2019 View on HN

Is it really standard for SF engineers to get paid 200-250K?

int_19h Nov 20, 2018 View on HN

6 figures is pretty much the baseline for software engineers in Bay Area, is it not?

merpnderp Feb 6, 2016 View on HN

300-350 for mid level developers and up to 600 for seniors? Where is this?

MeinBlutIstBlau Nov 14, 2021 View on HN

My lead has been working for 30 years as a dev and has told me his salary has been pretty consistent throughout so I don't believe that's the case. The coastal cities project absurd salaries but when I look at indeed across all of the US, 60-120k is pretty standard depending on entry to senior. If they got knocked down a peg, I highly doubt a lot of people working for google or microsoft would be vying for the lame boring "conservative" work environments in the midwest or sou