[hdisllcn]

I don’t think this is accurate (and it is not in my experience)

levels.fyi puts the median salary for _juniors_ at 180k and the 90th percentile at 230k. The data is obviously imperfect but on average it’s fairly accurate. My personal experience also aligns with this.

Senior is around 300-500k and Staff/Manager can get extremely silly.

[sidlls]

levels.fyi is weighted heavily towards FAANG and FAANG-like companies.

My personal experience is both at FAANG-like and "other". The difference in compensation is quite large, and likely bimodal.

[lsj0627]

For startups, Levels.fyi is not a useful resource.