[mjmahone17]

I'm not sure at Google that managers have significantly higher salaries than all of their reports. Sure, they're expected to have experience, and so are making more than entry-level new grad engineers. But are they making more than individual contributors who have the same level? It's even likely there are managers making less than their direct reports, because one of their reports is considered a top-performing individual contributor.

[skj]

Most (not all) engineering managers are on the same ladder as their reports. And while it's true that managers generally have a higher tech level on that ladder than non-managers, they do not have a higher salary than other engineers at their tech level.

[nostrademons]

I think I'd heard that there's a pay bump that comes from being a manager (above and beyond what you get for the normal engineering ladder), simply because you have to deal with more hassles and have more responsibility.

[judk]

But they also have less technical responsibility to produce product.