[scarmig]

Am I crazy in thinking the listed comp is crazy low?

Not disputing that the COL is too damn high, but the only people I know making that little are very early in their careers and/or working for a startup, and that's be valuing their equity at 0 (which is probably an appropriate valuation).

Or maybe I'm just in a weird bubble.

[mpim]

This is based on the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data: https://www.mytrove.com/t/cheddar-counter/methodology

[ryandrake]

According to Glassdoor[1] and Payscale[2], the median/average for a software engineer in SF (not counting equity) is around $110K. So the SF number seems in the ballpark, a little high.

1: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-francisco-software-en...

2: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Sa...

[acchow]

Pretty sure it fails to take into account equity

[ChuckMcM]

Not 'crazy low'. But it also depends on how you 'share' how much you're making. Do you include the bonus you got (even though it might not be there next year?) do you include what your RSUs count for even though when you go to sell them they might be worth less than when they vested? Etc.

[shawndumas]

as a hiring manager it looks very low to me as well.