Why is this so off than what people claim on blind
LinkedIn is actually far off. If I believed what it said for my current job then I would have made $43k less a year.
So, do you think your salary represents the average? If not, it only means some other poor soul could be making even 86k less than you for the same job.
Also because people do not have a strong incentive to report accurate data on linkedin, which leads to misleading or erroneous inputs. On Blind people are well engaged in discussions which is when they tend to report pay, and that leads a much more accurate data set. Also those linkedin numbers are wayyy off, just knowing some people who work in the industry at a much more junior level and earning as much as this.
People are not motivated to honesty here though either. I’d say there’s TC inflation on order of at least 30-40% on Blind, especially among certain demographics.
Oh, dear. If you think the TC numbers are accurate on Blind, I have a bridge to sell you.
People lie on Blind. Wake up. - TC 2.3m
Data is old. Lots of data points are from years ago
Those are salaries for every company. Only people in the top end companies report salaries widely on this app, there’s some selection bias
Data on Levels.fyi is fairly accurate
Those could be accurate. Selection bias. People on Blind and other places only like to humble brag about their high TC. If someone has a low TC, they aren’t going to bother chiming in, even in an anonymous forum.
Also Blind is FANG skewed. Places like Intel bring down the average. SWE Comp in Bay is sort of bimodal like Lawyer salaries. You have FANG/unicorn/Big Law at the high end and everyone else at the low end.
Could be people not counting refreshers or stock appreciation. Or also the fact that people who have been at Google long enough to have a high TC aren't looking on LinkedIn, so they don't contribute salary data. Disclaimer: I don't work on that feature so those are just educated guesses.
Because that's the median salary for new grad. Lots of people who claim on Blind are experienced.
I have added the filter for 6-14 years. These are not new grads
That's about the same as what people report on Blind. Also RSU value will be inflated when the stock price goes up so your TC also goes up.