You’ll generally make more as an engineer at Google and Meta versus working at Apple, Amazon, or Microsoft.a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He’s covered the tech industry for over a decade at The Information and other outlets.according to new data from BlindApple and Microsoft, meanwhile, pay the least for entry-level engineers on average, though compensation tends to become more comparable across Big Tech for senior talent.
The data is based on self-reported compensation packages from Blind users from January of last year to this month. While public companies have to report the average annual compensation for all their employees compared to what their CEOs make, this kind of level-specific pay data is closely guarded unless you are applying for a specific job. Blind is an anonymous platform, but it does require people to verify where they work by using their work email.