Edit: Assuming they get paid every two weeks, that’s an annual take home of $161,122. Depending on state taxes, insurance coverage, 401k contributions, dependents, etc, that’s a base salary of $200-250k. Which, yeah, that’s what I budget for a staff salary.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I think for a SF based company 200 - 250k salary is typical for even a senior engineer.

[–] Bananskal@nord.pub 10 points 2 days ago

$161,122

Heck, I'd be pulling more than that if I were a self-employed consultant rather than under a consulting firm, in our small city in northern Scandinavia.

Now I'm raking in a little below that, and I'm taking out like a third of it as actual salary and saving the rest, to avoid high taxes, and to to pay for a leased car, pension saving, extra insurance etc, before taxes. But after all that I'm probably saving $3k every month tax free, and maybe $1,5k in my bank account.

Engineering life is pretty okay. Still can't afford a house yet though. Thanks boomers.

[–] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Key phrase is "big city". I'm a staff and there's a mid on my team that moved to Seattle. His cost of living adjustment when he moved allows him to make more than I do.

[–] CreateProblems@corndog.social 1 points 1 day ago

Did he move to a new company site in Seattle or is he working remote now?

If they gave a cost of living increase for moving and allow him to do remote work, please tell me who you work for 😅

I know if I were moving, my company would offer me the option to go remote, because I'm the top performer on my team. But there's no way they'd give me a cost of living increase to go remote, they don't even want me to wfh a couple days a week...

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Monthly it's about what I'd expect for a low-medium experience engineer. But I'm an industrial engineer not software.