Noticed that many folks here with 5+ YOE have TC in range [$200K - $300K]. Just wondering, can I expect the same TC range if I am looking only REMOTE position and live in east coast MCOL area (states like VA, NC, SC)? What is the average TC gap in percentage between remote and in-office positions? Maybe someone have some estimates.. Title: Data Scientist 9 YOE TC: peanuts #datascience #remotecompanies
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What happens when most of your team is Indian?
MCOL is generally 10-20% less than general HCOL. And remote can make less, depending on the company.
They usually try to pay based on location for sure! But you can always negotiate hard by selling yourself and your skills to the employers. The best case scenario would be, you will be paid the highest band for your level in that company. I would love to know what others have to say as well. Thank you.
Almost all companies pay for cost of labor, so it really depends on where you live. To take one of your example locations: if you move to Arlington (a suburb of DC), you’ll make more than if you moved to Roanoke.
Every company has different policies for how they adjust remote employees. Best is to ask for the same salary as if you weren’t remote or explicitly ask for their policy on remote adjustment.
They won’t get it. Every large company has the US broken up into regions or zones and each one has their own band. A remote employee in a low cost location won’t make the same as an employee in a high cost location.
I wasn’t saying ask for the highest COLA adjustment. I was saying act like you are interviewing for a non-remote position near you. Don’t let being remote make a difference to someone who is in the office in the same area.
My capital one offer was based on being less than 50 miles from the NYC office. Got the same as if I was in office, but moving would mean salary is adjusted the next January.
We pay the same everywhere in the USA at Airbnb.
we are the same everywhere
I live in rural south, very very lcol, I make about 90% what my colleagues make, but my col is a small fraction of theirs