I manage a small team, with people in the valley. Every year I talk to people I know at places like Netflix, Google, etc, to make sure I'm compensating my people well.
Last year the .01% of engineers, the best of the best, people that Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix seek out and recruit, topped out at $325K for their total comp (salary, health plan, 401K match, bonuses, everything).
Bear in mind that these are the best people, people that can code, can communicate, can ship. Most people don't make this because they are not this good, which is fine. I'm just letting you know how high you can go if you are very, very good at engineering. It's kinda cool, when I was an IC, there was a pretty hard ceiling at about $150K, if you wanted more than that you had to manage.
Also bear in mind that I'm a single source and may have gotten the wrong info (though if that's the case I'd love to be corrected, I use this info for how I comp my people).
Last year the .01% of engineers, the best of the best, people that Apple, Google, Facebook, Netflix seek out and recruit, topped out at $325K for their total comp (salary, health plan, 401K match, bonuses, everything).
Bear in mind that these are the best people, people that can code, can communicate, can ship. Most people don't make this because they are not this good, which is fine. I'm just letting you know how high you can go if you are very, very good at engineering. It's kinda cool, when I was an IC, there was a pretty hard ceiling at about $150K, if you wanted more than that you had to manage.
Also bear in mind that I'm a single source and may have gotten the wrong info (though if that's the case I'd love to be corrected, I use this info for how I comp my people).