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Top Paying Tech Companies of 2018

by nnd on 12/21/18, 8:39 PM with 33 comments

• by paul7986 on 12/21/18, 9:38 PM

  Why did this get flagged? The numbers aren't correct?

• by dmarlow on 12/21/18, 11:05 PM

  I got a kick out of this: "Senior Engineer / 3+ Yrs of Experience"

  Crazy industry we work in.

• by isomorphic on 12/21/18, 9:28 PM

  It'd be interesting to see the top-paying tech companies outside of the Bay Area, not on the west coast, and not in the US.

  comp.fyi may have the underlying data but it's not sortable by location. One would need to download the Google spreadsheet and run it through a geo database, since location is given as "City, State" (and no country).

• by twodave on 12/21/18, 9:26 PM

  The discrepancy of salary based on geography continues to widen. Top of the market salary for any kind of position where I live is around $150k unless you’re a C-level. Thankfully housing also reflects this gap as you can buy for $100-150/sq ft here. This is in Jacksonville, FL.

• by cyrusmg on 12/21/18, 9:32 PM

  In case anyone wondered if this is related to Pieter Levels (like I did). The name levels is explained in the meta description:

  "Levels.fyi makes it easy to compare and contrast different career levels across different companies."

• by knt79 on 12/21/18, 9:52 PM

  So a 5+ staff engineer making more than a surgeon. Fun times.

• by paul7986 on 12/21/18, 9:22 PM

  Above $200k is what I would expect in Silicon Valley starting out of school. Can't imagine how one could survive more so thrive with anything under $200k in the valley.

  I'm guessing Lyft isn't offering stock and other nice perks like FB and the other big tech companies who pay a lot less then Lyft?