What is known to be best paying company or engineers in Austin? Is it Google and Amazon? Any smaller companies non-hft that pay well?
The best paying one is the one that will give YOU the most.
Can I edit this to say what company is known for having a high median total comp for engineers?
There is edit functionality. Not sure if you can change the title with that though.
From my experience recently having gone through interiews. If we only count public companies, Google and FB by far in my case, avg of 25%-50% more than others, which were Twitter, MSFT, Amazon (in that order of competitiveness). I can’t speak for Netflix but have heard they are top tier, and also do not have a data point for Apple. In the case of FB and G they dramatically raised their offers only after I shared I had an offer from the other option (before that, they didn’t budge). *Keep in mind that this is strictly anecdotal*
Best is always need-based. Cannot say one single company pays the best.