Report On FAANG Salaries
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Google and Netflix are the two from the FAANG companies that pay the highest average salaries to software engineers in the United States. FAANG companies do not skimp on their salaries because of the value the software engineers bring to the company. Netflix even has a policy where they encourage their employees to interview different places and bring back the offers they get. If Netflix sees that they’re being outbid they’ll increase your salary and do the same for everyone across the company in similar roles.
In this article, we analyzed the different specialties of a software engineer and FAANG software engineer salaries.
Overview:
The average salary for a software engineer at FAANG by role
The average salary for a software engineer at FAANG by company
FAANG software engineering salaries by company and seniority
Software engineering salaries by location
Let's check out some salary data for workers at FAANG companies, across five areas:
Company
Annual Average
Amazon
$120,043
$115,000
Meta
$117,500
Apple
$106,000
Cloud computing engineer
Company
Annual Average
Amazon
$105,559
$140,430
Apple
$164,450
Machine learning engineer/ data science engineer
Company
Annual Average
Amazon
$131,664 (6% below the national average)
$128,910
Meta
$153,046
Apple
$174,753
Netflix
$154,272 (15% higher than the national average salary)
Mobile engineer
Company
Annual Average
Amazon
$130,035
$171,406
Meta
$131,017
Apple
$114,500
Test and QA engineer
Company
Annual Average
Amazon
$112,487
$134,716
Meta
$133,431
Apple
$124,785
Netflix
$192,240 (151% above the national average salary)
Level
Annual Average
SDE I [New Grads Only]
$164,000
SDE II
$225,000
SDE III
$328,000
Principal SDE
$657,000
Level
Annual Average
L3
$189,000
L4
$265,000
L5
$354,000
L6
$481,000
L7
$694,000
L8
$1,191,000
Level
Annual Average
ICT2
$173,000
ICT3
$217,000
ICT4
$317,000
ICT5
$442,000
Level
Annual Average
E3
$181,000
E4
$262,000
E5
$381,000
E6
$598,000
E7
$869,000
E8
$1,351,000
If your answer is yes, then let’s read how AOneCode can help you do that.
You don’t have to be a genius to work at a FAANG company.
The hardest part is getting an interview. These companies receive so many applications that getting shortlisted for an interview requires your resume to showcase achievements and experience that are much better than other applicants. This can be hard to assess since you do not know how good (or bad) other applicants are relative to you. From our past experience, references/recommendations from a current employee will significantly boost your chances of landing an interview.
Once you are invited for an interview, it gets slightly easier. These companies have a very rigid interview process, usually spread over several rounds (each being progressively more difficult than the last). If you can come up with a process to tackle these interviews, you stand a good chance of getting an offer.
Getting past these interviews requires plenty of preparation. Even if you have like over 10 years of industry experience, you still wouldn’t even get past the phone screen for a FAANG company. You need to prepare specifically for their interview process.
Getting into these companies depends a lot more on your ability to crack their interviews than on your skills. It requires the right preparation. AOneCode can help you boost your interview skills, and direct you on what to focus on while preparing.
