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Hard to know what is a good or high total comp in the current market.

I’m at $175k in central FL. I see a lot of people posting much higher pay on various forums and I often wonder if I’m underpaid. Now more than ever.

Outside of FAANG (and similar) I’ve only found companies paying around ~200k total for senior level engineers.

These places still have rigorous interviews but not quite FAANG difficulty.

Still, the motivation to even interview for such a small bump is not really there for me (wife and 2 kids).




> I’m at $175k in central FL.

For total comp that's really low. I'd expect that to be paired with RSU equity grants of $150 - $200k/yr.

Any publicly listed "tech company" that isn't penny pinching like Amazon will probably offer similar rates.

Maybe look for a tech company that is hiring remote? Negotiate a good total comp package if it isn't in line with what you see on glassdoor, etc.


Holy shit, I'm in NYC and $175k is pretty good for a financial, for Florida it looks amazing.


So around $350k total comp, non FAANG, remote from FL.

What are you basing those numbers on?



So I’ve seen levels.fyi before, but it’s hard to tell how close they correlate to offers (due to appreciation and/or location based pay).

I also feel like companies paying more than Google (3/4 you listed) probably have a decently rigorous interview (I don’t have much spare time for prep, sadly).




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