Are salaries in Austin very different from Seattle?

Homeaway ppMg64

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I have an offer out and am wondering how do I establish baseline.

For example, does Amazon pay their L7 managers the same as they pay in Seattle?

How much can I expect to get paid in Austin for an Amazon L7 manager role

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Microsoft askj123
What's your current comp and yoe in homeaway? Are you a manager?
Feb 90 9
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  Current comp: 200K Base + 25% bonus + yearly grant of 65K in stock. So yearly TC comes to around 315K. YoE: 15 years. Role: Director of Engineering
  Feb 91
- Facebook Instagrаmmore
  In Seattle or BA you could get up to 500k.
  But 500k in Seattle is like 650k in BA.
  Feb 90
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  I have an offer from Amazon for 450K which then seems inline if not a little lower for the same role?
  Feb 91
- Facebook Instagrаmmore
  I imagine FB could offer you E6/M1 with over 200k base, 20% bonus and about 800k-1M of stock over 4 years.
  Feb 92
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  Would aim for M2 as a minimum if I wanted to consider FB. They aren’t hiring much in Austin though
  Feb 90
- Amazon / Eng🤺22more
  Offer seems to be on low end of salary band.
  Feb 90
- Facebook Instagrаmmore
  M2 is pretty competitive and hard to get as an external hire. Also the expectations even at M1 are already pretty high. I’d rather got the top M1 offer and promoted internally than underperformed and ramped up at M2.
  Feb 92
- Microsoft askj123
  65k rsu seems low. Does it vests in 4 years or do you get 65k vesting every year? Your Amazon offer of 450k seems like a very good offer for Austin. Wonder how much homeaaway pays to senior director?
  Feb 90
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  65K allocates each year with a 4-year vesting cycle. Equal distribution. I believe Sr Directors get 95K allocated per year
  Feb 90
Tableau krxi15
Funny how the OP is asking Seattle and Austin, but Seattleites wanna compare themselves to Bay Area.
Feb 91 4
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  Don’t wanna move to Bay Area. Netflix had reached out but right now, I don’t wanna uproot my family and move to Bay Area
  Feb 91
- Salesforce hypeforce
  I don't see anything funny. OP is sensible and realistic. Many move from bay area to Austin too.
  Feb 92
- Tableau krxi15
  The comment wasn’t directed to OP, it was directed to Seattleites, who immediately jump on comparing themselves with bay area even though the post was about comparing Seattle and Austin.
  Feb 91
- Salesforce hypeforce
  Got it now
  Feb 90
Benefitfocus / DatadMOf15more
Salaries in the Bay Area, Seattle, Austin, and Houston appear to be all about the same to me.
Feb 91 5
- SAP kiwiclock
  How does DFW compare?
  Feb 90
- Benefitfocus / DatadMOf15more
  Weirdly, DFW seems to pay about 30% less...
  Feb 90
- New / Engsparked
  DFW doesn’t seem to have much more than code monkeys as it pertains to talent and therefore market rate is way lower. Most of the talent I know in the area works remote
  Feb 91
- Benefitfocus / DatadMOf15more
  Also, I’m speaking in general... not specifically to Amazon
  Feb 90
- Amazon / Eng🤺22more
  Seattle and Bay Area salaries are not same for Amazonian’s.
  Feb 90
Microsoft askj123
Do you currently have an offer from Amazon Austin for level 7? Is it for engineering role?
Feb 91 3
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  Yes.
  Feb 90
- Amazon / Eng🤺22more
  OP...It wont be difficult to find out who you are once u join at Austin, as Austin headcount is not big😂
  Feb 90
- Homeaway ppMg64
  OP
  Would love to say Hi!! :)
  Feb 90
Facebook Instagrаmmore
Salaries in Seattle are on par with BA.
Now answer your question.
Feb 91 1
- Amazon amazons
  Not true at Amazon. BA is about 15% higher across the board.
  Feb 90
New / Engsparked
I just took a job at Amazon Austin and from what I can tell my TC is pretty much in line with SDE2 from Seattle; maybe on the lower side of the band but definitely take home and savings will vastly exceed my counter parts in Seattle
Feb 91 1
- Amazon / Eng🤺22more
  There should be no difference in take home for same salary between Seattle and Austin, as there is no state tax in both states. Cost of living is low in Austin for sure compared with Seattle.
  Feb 90
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Whats your offer @Austin? SDE2 makes around 220k and sde 3 around 300k in Austin.
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LinkedIn / Datamcliquor
Same
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