Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
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Re: Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
#2(Disclosure: I work at Triplebyte and built this salary tool from our offers dataset.)
I was surprised to learn that the median senior engineer earns only $36K more than the median junior engineer (base salary only). The gap does get wider on the right tail of the distribution: The 90th-percentile senior makes $47K more than the 90th-percentile junior.
One possible explanation is that our data is dominated by startups, which lean toward equity-heavy compensation. The range in equity is so big we had to plot it on a logarithmic scale.
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#3This should probably be titled Silicon Valley startup salaries by experience level.
Re: Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
#4(Disclosure: I work at Triplebyte and built this salary tool from our offers dataset.) I was surprised to learn that the median senior engineer earns only $36K more than the median junior engineer (base salary only). The gap does get wider on the right tail of the distribution: The 90th-percentile senior makes $47K more than the 90th-percentile junior. One possible explanation is that our data is dominated by startup…
Any idea how this compares to the Seattle area?
Re: Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
#5(Disclosure: I work at Triplebyte and built this salary tool from our offers dataset.) I was surprised to learn that the median senior engineer earns only $36K more than the median junior engineer (base salary only). The gap does get wider on the right tail of the distribution: The 90th-percentile senior makes $47K more than the 90th-percentile junior. One possible explanation is that our data is dominated by startup…
I guess that most senior engineers receive more recruiter's emails, including from startups, than they wish, so they don't need to use Triplebyte services.
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#7These numbers reinforce what I think anytime someone suggests I move to California to "further my career." Fuck that.
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#8It's amazing that career lengths in this business are split into "first few years", "1-3+ years" and "5-7+ years", given that most people will have careers of 40 years or more.
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#9I find it kind of amusing that someone with 5-7 years is generally considered a senior software engineer in SV.
Maybe we need a different designation for engineers with 10-20 years of experience? Something other than "the old man/lady".
Re: Silicon Valley Software Engineer Salaries by Experience Level
#10(Disclosure: I work at Triplebyte and built this salary tool from our offers dataset.) I was surprised to learn that the median senior engineer earns only $36K more than the median junior engineer (base salary only). The gap does get wider on the right tail of the distribution: The 90th-percentile senior makes $47K more than the 90th-percentile junior. One possible explanation is that our data is dominated by startup…
I'd be interested in more detailed breakdown in years of experience. For example, over/under 20 years experience. Do you have enough data for that? 7+ covers a lot of ground...
My team averages 25 years experience.