Outside US but I never regret getting equity/options and usually it went hand in hand with the higher paying jobs (paltry compared to US standards!) rather than being a salary/equity tradeoff. Atlassian is a great example though I have not worked for them.

I think companies here tend to have less fuck you over terms in employment share schemes but OTOH are less likely to get rich but one company made several employees rich (does 8 figures count?) here.