A good source of salaries at FAANG in EU/UK?

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Hi, levels.fyi is very US-centric and glassdoor.com is highly unreliable.What's a reliable source of EU/UK salaries for FAANGs? Particularly at senior staff/principal levels.Thanks

bestinterest · Accepted Answer

I think on average the ceiling for US is about 4x higher than UK and the avg salary is about 2x. UK seems to be about £43k ~= $59,879 [0] average and software dev in America seems to be about £79k ~= $110610 [1].
Both stats from Indeed which say they are basing it on 11.6k salaries for UK and 29.8k salaries for US.
Personal opinion but it matches what I expect. America is where the tech companies flourish and talent resides, as much as we would like to say healthcare is more important than double your average salary in EU I'm not convinced. I'm sure for some people it is however.
As for FAANG specifically I'm unsure but do be careful as taxes in UK are a bit more harder on you compared to somewhere like Austin. You lose 40% of anything you earn above ~£50k in England.
[0] https://uk.indeed.com/career/software-engineer/salaries [1] https://www.indeed.com/career/software-engineer/salaries

carmen_sandiego · Answer

You won&rsquo;t get better than Levels in terms of volume of data by going ad hoc. It has city filters that you can use at least for London.IME you can get a salary almost as good as in the US if you&rsquo;re in London. Even at non-FAANG. People will tell you it doesn&rsquo;t happen but if you&rsquo;re in the right circles plenty of people are on that kind of money here. And that&rsquo;s just tech, Finance is a big thing as well.That&rsquo;s also why you should try to stick to mass data rather than anecdotes. Not that Levels is perfect but I have to imagine it&rsquo;s somewhat less infected with personal bias.

quantumofalpha · Answer

FAANG pay relatively well in UK, only about 30% less than in the Bay for equivalent levels in my experience. For small companies and higher levels difference is likely higher.EU definitely pays worse and most of western EU has crazy high taxes. Financially you'd be better off outside the EU.

yamrzou · Answer

Non-FAANG: https://goo.gl/X45DttThe salaries at the bottom of the spreadsheet with a timestamp >= 2021/01/25 are from senior people, as they resulted from the survey being posted to /r/ExperiencedDevs: https://www.reddit.com/r/ExperiencedDevs/comments/l4qns3/ask...Keep in mind that the salaries are self-reported without a way to verify them. Hopefully, most people are being honest.

golondon · Answer

Blind might give some idea, people share their offers there. I remember seeing some people asking about their FB London offers.

stjo · Answer

At least in Bulgaria, there are a couple of famous Bulgaria-only sites like zaplatomer.bg (salarymeter) or jobs.bg. Maybe search more specific to your region instead of for the whole of the US?

2rsf · Answer

In Sweden you can get salary statistics through Saco and your union, I guess the top ones will be what you are looking for

notoriousarun · Answer

> https://www.levels.fyi/

A good source of salaries at FAANG in EU/UK?

Hi, levels.fyi is very US-centric and glassdoor.com is highly unreliable.
What's a reliable source of EU/UK salaries for FAANGs? Particularly at senior staff/principal levels.
Thanks

FAANG pay relatively well in UK, only about 30% less than in the Bay for equivalent levels in my experience. For small companies and higher levels difference is likely higher.
EU definitely pays worse and most of western EU has crazy high taxes. Financially you'd be better off outside the EU.

Blind might give some idea, people share their offers there. I remember seeing some people asking about their FB London offers.

At least in Bulgaria, there are a couple of famous Bulgaria-only sites like zaplatomer.bg (salarymeter) or jobs.bg. Maybe search more specific to your region instead of for the whole of the US?

In Sweden you can get salary statistics through Saco and your union, I guess the top ones will be what you are looking for

> https://www.levels.fyi/