2024 JULY
SALARY TRENDS
6figr.com Tech Compensation Report
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Top Salaries of Software Engineers
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Total Compensation Trends
The latest compensation trends reveal a promising landscape for professionals across various tech roles, showcasing an overall positive trajectory in salary increments from 2023 to 2024. Software Engineers saw a slowdown in growth rate of salaries, with a 14% increase - slightly lower than the rates from last year, owing to prevailing macro-economic conditions. Meanwhile, Product Managers have seen a healthy 20% bump, highlighting their critical role in driving projects forward. Data Scientists experienced a good 17.3% jump in salaries while Hardware Engineers comparitively experienced a modest increase of 5.8%.
These trends unfold against a backdrop of challenging economic conditions & layoffs. Despite these constraints, the tech industry shows resilience, rewarding professionals for their expertise and contributions.
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The Long Funding Winter
Salary increments are to an extent dictated by economic conditions and liquidity in the market. Think of the Federal Funds Interest Rate (red line) as a faucet controlling the flow of money: when it's turned up, it tightens the flow, leading to a drop in funding & fewer resources for handing out those fat salary paychecks.
With rates climbing again in 2023 & persisting in 2024, the market poses a challenge for companies to provide deep salary hikes.
It Pays to be in AI
The launch of ChatGPT-4 in 2023 sparked a wave of investments in AI research, propelling 2024 to be the year of AI. The market now rewards AI skilled talent with higher salaries compared to the general tech pool, as seen here with Software Engineering roles
Salary Trends for
in 2023-2024
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👨💼 👩💼 Gender Pay Trends
Women salary trends show consistently being underpaid compared to men across various job roles in tech.
On average, women seem to be getting paid 19.2% lower than men within the same job role & function.
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