A
Amazon
Software Engineer
vs
G
Google
Software Engineer
vs
M
Meta
Software Engineer
vs

Salary Levels

A
Amazon
Software Engineer
P1/P2

L4

Experience: 1 to 4 yrs

TC: $167k
Base: $129k | Stocks: $26k | Bonus: $28k

P2/P3/P4

L5 (SDE II)

Experience: 3 to 9 yrs

TC: $248k
Base: $165k | Stocks: $75k | Bonus: $56k

P4/P5

L6 (SDE III,Senior SDE)

Experience: 9 to 16 yrs

TC: $372k
Base: $163k | Stocks: $139k | Bonus: $177k

P5

L7 (Principal SDE)

Experience: 12 to 16 yrs

TC: $579k
Base: $249k | Stocks: $274k | Bonus: $207k

P4

L8 (Senior Principal SDE)

Experience: 8 to 8 yrs

TC: $679k
Base: $437k | Stocks: $243k | Bonus: $0k

G
Google
Software Engineer
P1/P3

L3

Experience: 0 to 5 yrs

TC: $189k
Base: $146k | Stocks: $37k | Bonus: $22k

P1/P3/P4

L4 (SWE III)

Experience: 2 to 8 yrs

TC: $267k
Base: $168k | Stocks: $78k | Bonus: $29k

P3/P4/P5

L5 (Senior SWE)

Experience: 5 to 15 yrs

TC: $361k
Base: $199k | Stocks: $132k | Bonus: $36k

P4/P5

L6 (Staff SWE)

Experience: 8 to 19 yrs

TC: $507k
Base: $279k | Stocks: $224k | Bonus: $54k

P4/P5

L7 (Senior Staff SWE)

Experience: 10 to 23 yrs

TC: $716k
Base: $283k | Stocks: $361k | Bonus: $81k

P5

L8 (Principal Engineer)

Experience: 15 to 25 yrs

TC: $1124k
Base: $333k | Stocks: $678k | Bonus: $119k

P5

L9 (Distinguished Engineer)

Experience: 17 to 30 yrs

TC: $2539k
Base: $364k | Stocks: $2028k | Bonus: $147k

P5

L10 (Google Fellow)

Experience: 19 to 19 yrs

TC: $2887k
Base: $365k | Stocks: $2231k | Bonus: $291k

M
Meta
Software Engineer
P1

IC3

TC: $176k
Base: $118k | Stocks: $37k | Bonus: $22k

P1

E3 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 0 to 2 yrs

TC: $186k
Base: $129k | Stocks: $42k | Bonus: $22k

P2

IC4 (Data Scientist)

Experience: 4 to 4 yrs

TC: $211k
Base: $157k | Stocks: $39k | Bonus: $15k

P3

IC4 (Hardware Engineer)

Experience: 7 to 7 yrs

TC: $255k
Base: $162k | Stocks: $69k | Bonus: $24k

P1/P2/P3

E4 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 2 to 6 yrs

TC: $277k
Base: $169k | Stocks: $88k | Bonus: $28k

P2/P3/P5

E5 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 4 to 12 yrs

TC: $395k
Base: $201k | Stocks: $168k | Bonus: $33k

P4

IC5 (Hardware Engineer)

Experience: 8 to 8 yrs

TC: $409k
Base: $208k | Stocks: $157k | Bonus: $44k

P3/P4/P5

E6 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 6 to 16 yrs

TC: $593k
Base: $241k | Stocks: $313k | Bonus: $50k

P4/P5

M1 (Software Engineering Manager)

Experience: 10 to 16 yrs

TC: $745k
Base: $256k | Stocks: $427k | Bonus: $63k

P5

M2 (Software Engineering Manager)

Experience: 17 to 24 yrs

TC: $877k
Base: $272k | Stocks: $516k | Bonus: $88k

P4/P5

E7 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 10 to 20 yrs

TC: $1113k
Base: $285k | Stocks: $765k | Bonus: $75k

P5

E8 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 13 to 24 yrs

TC: $1793k
Base: $344k | Stocks: $1357k | Bonus: $120k

P5

D1 (Software Engineering Manager)

Experience: 16 to 19 yrs

TC: $2035k
Base: $345k | Stocks: $1544k | Bonus: $147k

P5

E9 (Software Engineer)

Experience: 15 to 21 yrs

TC: $2299k
Base: $363k | Stocks: $1777k | Bonus: $159k

Comparison Overview

Rank
(Company)

TC
(in k)

Base
(in k)

Stocks
(in k)

Bonus
(in k)

Worklife Balance
(Rating/5)

Culture
(Rating/5)

Senior Leadership
(Rating/5)

A
#5
$245.0k
$144.8k
$76.6k
$30.2k
3.4
3.8
3.5
A
#1
$270.9k
$160.5k
$87.7k
$29.6k
4.3
4.4
4.1
A
#
$326.1k
$166.5k
$132.5k
$30.7k
4.0
4.3
4.2

Percentile Distribution

25th
(Percentile)

50th
(Percentile)

75th
(Percentile)

90th
(Percentile)

95th
(Percentile)

A
$174.9k
$224.7k
$290.0k
$363.2k
$421.5k
A
$186.0k
$238.8k
$316.3k
$414.6k
$504.3k
A
$194.0k
$277.2k
$384.6k
$517.1k
$648.6k

Stocks

Recent
(Stocks)

2023
(Stocks)

2022
(Stocks)

2021
(Stocks)

A
$202.6
$151.9
$84
$3,334.3
A
$172.5
$139.7
$88.2
$2,897
A
$554.1
$354
$120.3
$336.4

Salary Titles

A
amazon
Software Engineer

Technical Sourcing Recruiter


TC: $95k
Base: $95k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Business Development


TC: $135k
Base: $113k | Stocks: $21k | Bonus: $0k

Cloud Consultant


TC: $141k
Base: $109k | Stocks: $7k | Bonus: $25k

Business Analyst


TC: $142k
Base: $130k | Stocks: $25k | Bonus: $0k

Product Designer


TC: $142k
Base: $142k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Security Engineer


TC: $157k
Base: $118k | Stocks: $29k | Bonus: $10k

Software Engineer II


TC: $159k
Base: $159k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

One Person Team Handling Every Aspect Of Software Development


TC: $171k
Base: $132k | Stocks: $24k | Bonus: $16k

Product Manager


TC: $176k
Base: $150k | Stocks: $16k | Bonus: $11k

Information Technologist


TC: $181k
Base: $142k | Stocks: $39k | Bonus: $0k

Software Development Engineer I


TC: $191k
Base: $159k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Solution Architect


TC: $212k
Base: $156k | Stocks: $53k | Bonus: $15k

Hardware Engineer


TC: $214k
Base: $185k | Stocks: $29k | Bonus: $0k

Software Development Engineer


TC: $222k
Base: $149k | Stocks: $64k | Bonus: $9k

Data Scientist


TC: $233k
Base: $145k | Stocks: $68k | Bonus: $76k

Software Development Engineer II


TC: $241k
Base: $162k | Stocks: $79k | Bonus: $0k

Software Engineer


TC: $245k
Base: $157k | Stocks: $76k | Bonus: $30k

Customer Service


TC: $245k
Base: $157k | Stocks: $39k | Bonus: $49k

Senior Software Development Engineer


TC: $270k
Base: $160k | Stocks: $110k | Bonus: $0k

Security Analyst


TC: $318k
Base: $169k | Stocks: $120k | Bonus: $74k

Mechanical Engineer


TC: $332k
Base: $188k | Stocks: $194k | Bonus: $96k

Senior Software Engineer


TC: $412k
Base: $192k | Stocks: $173k | Bonus: $47k

Software Engineering Manager


TC: $427k
Base: $210k | Stocks: $187k | Bonus: $152k

G
google
Software Engineer

Software Engineer Recruiter


TC: $118k
Base: $118k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Product Designer


TC: $124k
Base: $124k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Software Dev Engineer


TC: $140k
Base: $104k | Stocks: $15k | Bonus: $21k

Product Manager


TC: $166k
Base: $166k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Security Analyst


TC: $191k
Base: $135k | Stocks: $36k | Bonus: $20k

Software Developer


TC: $232k
Base: $152k | Stocks: $58k | Bonus: $23k

Data Scientist


TC: $254k
Base: $165k | Stocks: $68k | Bonus: $22k

Technical Program Manager


TC: $267k
Base: $147k | Stocks: $97k | Bonus: $22k

Software Engineer


TC: $270k
Base: $163k | Stocks: $87k | Bonus: $29k

Senior Software Engineer


TC: $351k
Base: $218k | Stocks: $107k | Bonus: $26k

Hardware Engineer


TC: $392k
Base: $196k | Stocks: $160k | Bonus: $36k

Staff Software Engineer


TC: $505k
Base: $220k | Stocks: $228k | Bonus: $57k

Software Engineering Manager


TC: $698k
Base: $262k | Stocks: $415k | Bonus: $80k

M
meta
Software Engineer

Software Developer


TC: $89k
Base: $89k | Stocks: $0k | Bonus: $0k

Product Designer


TC: $176k
Base: $118k | Stocks: $37k | Bonus: $22k

Data Scientist


TC: $277k
Base: $174k | Stocks: $81k | Bonus: $22k

Software Engineer


TC: $325k
Base: $168k | Stocks: $132k | Bonus: $31k

Hardware Engineer


TC: $332k
Base: $185k | Stocks: $113k | Bonus: $34k

Software Engineering Manager


TC: $1219k
Base: $291k | Stocks: $829k | Bonus: $100k

CEO

A
Amazon
Andrew Jassy
President and CEO

Approval Rating

79%
21%
G
Google
Sundar Pichai
CEO

Approval Rating

95%
5%
M
Meta
Mark Zuckerberg
CEO

Approval Rating

90%
10%

Executive Pay

A
Amazon
G
Google
M
Meta

Culture and Diversity

A
Amazon

Diversity Rating

4.0

Gender Ratio

85%
15%

Gender Salary Ratio

For every $100 paid to men, women are paid $91

G
Google

Diversity Rating

4.4

Gender Ratio

83%
17%

Gender Salary Ratio

For every $100 paid to men, women are paid $94

M
Meta

Diversity Rating

4.2

Gender Ratio

85%
15%

Gender Salary Ratio

For every $100 paid to men, women are paid $89