COMP NEWS – A leaked data report from Google shows median compensation for employees in various roles, revealing software engineers within the company can score base salaries as high as $718,000.
Tech jobs have long been in the top ranks among the highest-paying industries, but some companies really shell out the dough for their engineers.
In 2022, the median total compensation for Google employees was $279,802, according to leaked internal data from the company reviewed by Business Insider. Among the highest-paying positions at Google, software engineers led the pack with a maximum base salary of $718,000 last year.
The data comes from an internal spreadsheet shared among Google employees comprised of information from over 12,000 U.S. workers for 2022, covering positions like software engineers, business analysts, and salespeople. While software engineers had the highest base salary, maximum equity, and bonuses, all of the top 10 highest-paying positions in engineering, business, and sales had maximum base salaries well into six figures.
According to the report, Google employees’ earnings go beyond base salaries and include equity options and bonuses. The maximum equity a software engineer could obtain was $1.5 million in 2022.
The top ten positions at Google ranked by compensation are:
- Software engineer: $718,000
- Engineering manager (software engineering): $400,000
- Enterprise direct sales: $377,000
- Legal corporate counsel: $320,000
- Sales strategy: $320,000
- UX design: $315,000
- Government affairs & public policy: $312,000
- Research scientist: $309,000
- Cloud sales: $302,000
- Program manager: $300,000
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