What companies hire with upfront salary ranges?

Question

I'm trying to do a bit of research on compensation in software engineering, and I have seen some companies being open about their compensation. For example Monzo have their salary bands in their job descriptions (https://boards.greenhouse.io/monzo/jobs/2578108). Others seem to take the transparent salaries approach (see Buffer: https://buffer.com/salaries).I'm curious to know what other companies are doing something similar, do people have more examples of this? Thanks!

gamechangr · Accepted Answer

I wouldn't put much confidence in that. I know of a friend that applied for a job with a $100k-$149k total compensation stated. He ended with a total comp of $360k. When he asked about it, the company said "we could never advertise above a range seen as normal, but we pay above our states ranges pretty regularly ". '

Oras · Answer

These links might be helpful:- https://github.com/sizovs/open-salaries- https://www.jobadsnow.com ** this is my own jobs search engine. You can filter by [compensation => jobs with salary]

eduardb · Answer

You can add Wave Mobile Money (https://www.wave.com/en/careers/) to the list, all engineering job descriptions contain the (real!) salary range. Also, everyone knows everyone&rsquo;s salary inside the company :)

soared · Answer

Starting in April, job posting for NYC will require posting compensation in the ad. The same law exists for Colorado.Likely starting in April you&rsquo;ll start to see more and more salaries being posted.

jstx1 · Answer

Many companies do in the sense that you can often find out a range from the recruiter although the information isn't usually published in the ad. There's some push in certain states and countries to change this but I'm not that convinced that it's a significant/positive change. I guess we'll see.If you need it for research, just about any dataset you collect will be biased in some way - you just need to be aware of how it's biased for your analysis.

pc86 · Answer

I work with recruiters often, and they're typically very open about salary ranges. I would say 60-70% of the time you can get a range in the second message - either they reach out, you ask for the range, and they give it, or you reach and ask for the range in the first message, and they give it. You get a couple old school folks who really want "a 5 minute chat" before disclosing, and they're easy to block and report.

alaq · Answer

Coinbase has a standardized comp structure based on role, level and location. It's not negotiable (besides a potential signing bonus). You can see what the structure is like on https://www.levels.fyi/company/Coinbase/salaries/

sparrish · Answer

Every company in Colorado at this point. It's required by law.

zuhayeer · Answer

We at Levels.fyi have open compensation ranges listed for every role. And we're hiring! https://www.notion.so/Levels-fyi-Careers-969edc750f144e8b9fc...

What companies hire with upfront salary ranges?

These links might be helpful:
- https://github.com/sizovs/open-salaries
- https://www.jobadsnow.com *
* this is my own jobs search engine. You can filter by [compensation => jobs with salary]

You can add Wave Mobile Money (https://www.wave.com/en/careers/) to the list, all engineering job descriptions contain the (real!) salary range. Also, everyone knows everyone’s salary inside the company :)

Starting in April, job posting for NYC will require posting compensation in the ad. The same law exists for Colorado.
Likely starting in April you’ll start to see more and more salaries being posted.

Coinbase has a standardized comp structure based on role, level and location. It's not negotiable (besides a potential signing bonus). You can see what the structure is like on https://www.levels.fyi/company/Coinbase/salaries/

Every company in Colorado at this point. It's required by law.

We at Levels.fyi have open compensation ranges listed for every role. And we're hiring! https://www.notion.so/Levels-fyi-Careers-969edc750f144e8b9fc...