Software engineer salary numbers in the US

Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by cimmanom on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:20AM (#16618482)

I don't know anyone making $200K outside a bank. Senior salaries in NYC (which is a high-price/high-salary city) tend to run around $150K, give or take 20% (for 10+ years of experience, not someone with 2.5 years experience and a "senior" title).

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by Alex3917 on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:45AM (#16618699)

> Senior salaries in NYC (which is a high-price/high-salary city) tend to run around $150K, give or take 20%

At startups maybe, senior developers at established companies earn more like 300k+.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by spyspy on Monday March 19, 2018 @12:43PM (#16619871)

I'd be very interested to see an example, as someone working in NYC making much less than $150K.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by samspenc on Monday March 19, 2018 @03:26PM (#16622181)

+1 . I always see these comments about "developers in NYC make well over 200k at established companies" and I'm yet to see instances of this.

AFAIK, only Google and Facebook have fairly sizeable engineering offices here and pay that much.

Even the large financial institutions pay most of their engineers less than 200k, maybe around 150k.

I've heard of "quants" (engineers / mathematicians) who sit at the trading desks making bank, but that was in the days of when trading actually made a ton of money, and I have to yet meet someone in person to ask them how much they made.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by ryandrake on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:56PM (#16625663)

Everyone on HN makes $300K, drives a Porsche and has a supermodel boyfriend/girlfriend. Look at every salary thread here, you’ll see it over and over. Self reported salary data is always going to skew high because of ego.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by solarkraft on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:40AM (#16627074)

Tip: look 2 comments up

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by monkeynotes on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:28AM (#16618548)

I assumed by `combined income` the commenter meant household combined - AKA two earners, I'm unclear on what the intention meaning is now.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by mcargian on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:32AM (#16618589)

The original linked article calculated combined income by combining salary + bonus + profit sharing.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by monkeynotes on Monday March 19, 2018 @11:14AM (#16618970)

TIL I need to get a new job.

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Re:Software engineer salary numbers in the US by bonniemuffin on Monday March 19, 2018 @10:45AM (#16618708)

Actually it probably means salary + RSUs, which are generally substantial for FANG-type jobs. If you're only looking at salary, you're missing half the picture.

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