[seanhandley]

You're kidding me.

I'm in the UK, 10 years dev experience, BSc Computer Science.

Every single salary in that list is higher than mine.

[dsacco]

> You're kidding me.

> I'm in the UK

That's why. This list is very US-centric. The disparity between metro US and metro UK is indeed that high.

[chambo622]

Based on talking to peers at my company who work in the UK, and corroborating stories from friends at similar companies, UK salaries are dramatically lower across the board.

[Keats]

You can replace "UK" by "the rest of the world" and it would still be accurate. For example, UK has probably the highest salaries in Europe.

[user5994461]

A one bedroom is not $3000+ either.

[djmobley]

A one bedroom in London is easily $2000 though, so that only explains $12k difference in salary.

[user5994461]

Doesn't make sense to count in dollars. You are not paid in dollars in London.

It's fluff talk about the exchange rate. It sure was more than $2000 last year when it was £1 for $1.5.

[seanmcdirmid]

London, Cambridge...rents aren't low.

[sonthonax]

They very easily are. And cost per square foot is higher in London, so you're in a smaller place.

[stingrae]

Honestly, looking at the list and knowing how much people get paid at Google.(from personal experience) I found the salaries to be quite low in total compensation.

[dsacco]

I know fresh grads in the NYC area who have been offered $130k/year in total compensation from Google and Facebook. I've also known several engineers at Google making in the range of $300k-$500k/year.

There's going to be self-reporting bias here, but these salaries look right to me for bootcamp grads getting offers from the big tech companies.

[muro]

as a starter offer? They have a wide range in the spreadsheet, but still overall high.

[kevinrpope]

When I lived in London in the late 2000s, dev salaries were shockingly low relative to what we saw in the states both before and after living in the UK.

[em500]

And most of the rest of Europe is lower than London still.

[ktu100]

anecdotal evidence from Facebook: if you transfer to London office instead of Bay Area, your salary gets slashed 20%

[bencoder]

That would still be very high for London/uk

[mixmastamyk]

Wow, and it's not like London is cheap.

[ninjaroar]

is that after conversion?

e.g.: 200k USD would equal (200 * 0.79 USD/GBP * 0.8) = 126k GBP?

I wonder if it is because salaries were set before the pound plummetted due to brexit.

For most companies, you at least get more vacation days in London, but i think facebook US already provides 21 business days, I would imagine facebook UK is the standard 5 weeks?

[jwarren]

Similar... and by quite a margin too. This is very sobering.