Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, and Seattle

Re:Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, a... by BonesJustice on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:12PM (#19546316)

Seems a rather glaring omission—as a software engineer in NYC, roughly 55% of my total annual compensation comes in the form of a cash bonus.

Since total compensation tends to vary more significantly than base salary, I would continue showing the salary-only graph by default, with an option to toggle total compensation as a second series.

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Re:Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, a... by realbarack on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:27PM (#19546479)

Wow, over half? Is this a finance company?

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Re:Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, a... by BonesJustice on Monday April 01, 2019 @04:22PM (#19547789)

Whoops, brain fart: that should have been 45%. But yes, I work in finance.

It's definitely not unheard of for bonuses of top engineers to reach multiples of their base salary. I'm not aware of compensation being that lopsided where I work, but it purportedly happens at places like Two Sigma.

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Re:Base salaries offered to software engineers in SF, NYC, a... by thedufer on Monday April 01, 2019 @08:12PM (#19549723)

I'm in a similar situation (~55% of comp is bonus) which is in finance, but most FAANG devs will see something similar, especially as you go more senior, although with an emphasis on equity rather than bonus.

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