The Levels.fyi website recently released a 2020 programmer income report. The salary data in the report reflects the median annual total salary collected in the past year , including salary, stocks and bonuses.
The website says that although the data is for software engineers, the highest paid companies and locations are usually also applicable to various technical roles. And salary and level depend on various factors, including interview performance, past experience, competitive offer, etc. It also stated that these salary figures are mainly for the highest paid technology companies and locations, and may not reflect the salaries of other companies in the market.
The report shows that in the classification of entry-level engineers, Lyft takes the top spot with a median salary of $230,000. Next is ROBLOX, with a salary of $222,000. Stripe and Airbnb tied for third place, with a salary of $213,000. In the top four companies on the list, the median salary of programmers exceeds $200,000. The salaries of the remaining three low-ranking companies are not much different, respectively, at $199,000, $197,000, and $195,000.
In terms of engineer positions, Airbnb has the highest median salary with a median salary of $295,000. Followed by Pinterest and box, at 294,000 US dollars and 29 US dollars. Bytedance is the only Chinese company on the list, ranking 7th with a salary of $260,000.
The median salary of the Principal Engineer can be as high as US$895,000 at Facebook; Snap Inc. is second with US$830,000; Google ranks third with US$758,000. The chief engineer generally has more than 15 years of work experience. Usually, less than 3% of the employees in a company are at this level. Smaller companies may not even have any individual to reach this level. Its influence spans the entire company and sometimes across industries. It is expected to operate completely autonomously.
In terms of geographic distribution, the top three regions with the highest income for programmers in the United States are San Francisco ($232,000), Seattle ($197,000), and New York ($182,000). Globally, the region with the highest income for programmers is Zurich, Switzerland (US$211,000), followed by Tel Aviv, the capital of Israel (US$159,000), and Vancouver, Canada (US$133,000). Beijing, China is on the list, ranking tenth, with an average salary of US$100,000.
According to Levels.fyi, although the vitality of the entire recruitment market fell due to the epidemic in March, the recruitment situation is now steadily improving. The salary level has also been stable and even continues to increase. There are also several companies that have achieved permanent telecommuting or relocated their headquarters, and they expect this trend to continue.
In addition, many companies have also made adjustments to employee salaries. Levels.fyi predicts that 2020 will have a longer-term impact on employee compensation, but they have not yet determined what impact it will have.
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