Does Amazon have a max base salary of 160k?

Is it true that Amazon has a hard cap on base salaries of 160k for engineers? Do they inflation adjust that cap ?

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Amazon lqvT28 Mar 12, 2018

Yes to your first question. And no to your second.

Amazon ATtE14 Mar 12, 2018

Depends on location, which location you are asking for ?

Akamai Technologies wePD25 OP Mar 12, 2018

Boston

Twitch hf6_-$hvr5 Mar 12, 2018

185k max in bay area.. $160k max in rest of the US.. the numbers might be off by plus minus 5k.. but you got the point.. no inflation adjustments made till date.

Uber 9?ivej Mar 12, 2018

Really 160k even in NYC? That is bullshit.

Twitch hf6_-$hvr5 Mar 12, 2018

I think NYC and bay area has higher cap.. not sure though..

Intuit zzzz.... Mar 12, 2018

$185k for what level?

Amazon Youwant🍆 Mar 12, 2018

Any. In the bay. $160 elsewhere.

Twitch hf6_-$hvr5 Mar 12, 2018

Haha.. all levels including CEO.. Lord Bezos...

Amazon Hooliganss Mar 13, 2018

At a certain point, the majority of your comp comes from stock.