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In the US, that tracks with a higher-end salary. Call it an impulse thought, but I have a slight feeling that Silicon Valley has something to do with that.
Higher end? You must not have been passing attention to the developer salaries in AI. $150,000 is median developer salary in SF bay area. You really need $100,000 just to support your family here
Higher end is seven figures
I mean, that’s where Silicon Valley is, so yeah.
Senior developers at places like Amazon can easily Make 300+
Depends what field you’re in.
In the gov/defense world 150k+ is a mid career engineer.
Salaries vary by the field and saturation of talent in that field.
The niches still command the riches
That is package right? Most people will not get the full benefit of the package, the cash is usually around 150k, plus the cashable part of the package it would be closer to 200k for most.
Nah.
I know folks making 400+ that are specialists in a niche technology but relatively mainstream position.
They also get stock which raises it to near 500k, then standard bennies.
Tech has crazy money and for desired roles.
I’m in an office of 20somethings pushing 150k+ direct salary plus full benefits and whatnot.
I wouldn’t expect to be paid this in a flyover state though.
Years ago, Netflix was known for paying $400k USD for some senior positions (with no benefits, all cash)