How to negotiate Amazon L6 offer? What is average Amazon L6 salary?

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KafeKafe

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KafeKafe
Apr 11 28 Comments

I posted elsewhere, TC offer $385 average over 4 years, non HCOL. People in other thread said it seems low and I should negotiate to $500k or even $600k, but I look on levels.fyi and the average looks more like $333k.

https://www.levels.fyi/company/Amazon/salaries/Software-Engineer/SDE-III/

What am I missing? Where are they getting 500-600? How should I negotiate this offer? I also have a crummy offer from Google and might be getting one from Meta soon.

How should I handle this?

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  • Amazon
    laalmaal

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    laalmaal
    500-600 in their dreams!
    Apr 11 0
  • Amazon
    pagerpain

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    pagerpain
    You’re being lowballed. levels.fyi has the note that Amazon pay bands have changed. New L6 SDE band is about 350k-480k non premium location. You should be offered at least midpoint of this band as a new hire
    Apr 11 5
  • Plaid
    squizzle

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    squizzle
    You need a competing offer. Without, you have little to negotiate.
    Apr 11 13
    • IBM
      ymDp24

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      ymDp24
      Don’t be dejected brother. Just ask for more. This is just the business/psychological game companies play. It is nothing personal or necessarily an accurate reflection. The reason they extended you an offer is because they want you. So keep politely asking for more. Doesn’t matter if you have to go back and forth multiple times with ur recruiter. Jesus has blessed you. You will have the wisdom and patience to do the right thing
      Apr 12
    • Plaid
      houri

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      houri
      Oh, if they leveled you 2 under Amazon, I’d abandon them for now. Hard to negotiate when the level is that far apart because the offers aren’t really competing at that point
      Apr 12
  • IBM
    ymDp24

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    ymDp24
    Go beyond the aggregate numbers on levels.fyi and look at the salary submissions and play around with the filters. Don’t stress mate. Jesus is with you. You will do great

    When I did a descending order sort for sde 3s, these are the numbers I see
    Apr 11 2
    • Google
      maverick ✈️

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      maverick ✈️
      > Jesus is with you.

      The real question is whether Andy Jassy is with OP.
      Apr 11
    • General Dynamics Land Systems / Eng
      m1abrams

      General Dynamics Land Systems Eng

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      Techsmith
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      coffee and imposter syndrome
      m1abrams
      Yeah duh when you sort by descending order, all the HCOL TCs are gonna be on top.

      OP said he lives in a non-HCOL area, and if you search L6’s in Texas and Virginia, the highest the TC goes is like 450k max. I think OP would be able to get it up to 400k without counter-offers if he’s desirable enough.
      Apr 13
  • IBM
    ymDp24

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    ymDp24
    Just keep pushing and delaying joining them till they come close your target joining date. But don’t be mean about it. Develop a relationship with your recruiter/hr person you are dealing with
    Apr 11 0