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Uh... That sounds like a US thing, honestly. Which developers in Europe or Asia earn that kind of money?
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.
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)
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.
Asia? That salary? Dream on
Exactly! 150k is definitely not normal, not even in Europe.
it's no really easy to compare both as in often in Europe your salary includes healthcare and other stuff whereas in USA it's all cash and you have to pay for everything/nothing is included
but still, it looks like a lot even if you remove everything
It's very easy to compare. In France the average salary for a dev would be 50k. I don't think my healthcare and retirement costs 100k. The highest you could reach if you're lucky would be 70/80k but it's for very specific companies.
Is it really that different between neighboring countries? I’ve seen job listings for 170 in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Definitely. France is a country where everything is heavily taxed. I don't remember the percentage but, approximately, when I earn 3k, my employer must pay 3k in taxes on top of it.
The best salary I've ever seen for a developer was 70k a year, but it is restricted to companies like Microsoft or IBM.
In any major city in the us its kinda hard to get by with 5 figures nowadays and impossible in the worst cost of living ones. I know that I have to make something like 90k to be in the black in order to have enough after taxes.
Yeah, shudder to think how you would live on $50,000 in SF. That's definitely three roommates territory
oh yeah but im more thinking having a family and covering all medical costs. One of my biggest problems is im single income with a sick spouse and our country simply does not effectively work for that anymore but its simply a scenario that is always going to exist so either our social safety nets need to get waaaaayyyyyyyyy better or we need to pay waaaaayyyy higher.