[hi-v-rocknroll]

$38,900 USD is $18.70/hr working only 40 hr/wk. That isn't even minimum wage in some areas anymore.

Well, you know what they say: If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

EDIT: For comparison, a MAANG engineer makes around $250k USD.

[Justsignedup]

In new york that's below McDonald's fry cook employee pay.

Also maang total compensation for Sr engineer roles is about 400k+

[hi-v-rocknroll]

> Sr engineer roles is about 400k+

The variance varies widely, but you're incorrect according to my salary negotiator who has hard data in hand. I was an IC6 at MAANG and 400k was only attainable by the top end of IC6+. Most people were paid around 250-300k.

There are a few rare birds (ICs) paid 500k-1.2M, but they're either core contributors to a key tech the company uses, a main person of a core FOSS project, or some sort of tech celebrity. Managers also make quite a bit more. I recall a 2nd-level manager for some big Google product making 2.7M TC.

[Justsignedup]

Interviewing for Sr eng positions (IC5) most gave me 400k or so total compensation (about 230k in salary and 200k in stocks give or take). Then again this may be due to being in NYC.

IC6 were higher.

However I could be in an area that is above average pay rates. So I wouldn't dispute your numbers, they do seem more likely to be accurate.