To make the offer look impressive for the candidate, many recruiters will list the stock compensation as the total value instead of the per year value which can be misleading. Google, and most other large tech companies issue Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), which means that every few months for a period of usually 4 years, Google will issue you a certain number of shares of $GOOG based on the current stock price when the offer letter was sent. How do stock grants work you might ask? The answer depends on which type of grant it is! # Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Incentive Stock Options (ISOs) An example compensation package for an E3 (junior) level engineer at Google is listed below (credit to levels.fyi (opens new window), an excellent resource for comparing salaries across levels at many tech companies):Īs you can see, while the base salary ($137k) is the vast majority of the TC for this candidate, there's also a substantial stock grant at an additional $33k/year as well as a bonus. At these companies, you'll often find that a large chunk of compensation comes in the form of equity awards which have distributions every few months for a period of usually 4 years.
If you've never been in the SWE industry, you might be surprised to learn that SWE compensation packages aren't always just comprised of cash! Further, although big tech companies typically offer a fairly standardized comp package in terms of the different components of said package, the total reward amount given to each engineer varies wildly by level, company size, company brand strength, where the company is located in the world, and many other factors.įor the purposes of this section, let's assume we're talking about Google or another similarly large, US-based tech company.
# Anatomy of a typical Software Engineering Salary at Google Never fear, SWEPro is here to break down the key components that make up an engineer's total compensation (TC) and what salary progressions look like for those of us that have been in the SWE field for the past several years. # Salary of a Software Engineer at GoogleĪre you just starting your journey as a Software Engineer, or have you been out of the job market for a while? You might be wondering what the typical salary of a Software Engineer at Google comes out to be (or any other tech company that's worth joining!).
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