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bmcfeeley | 5 years ago

That is not true for at least SDE positions. See: https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon&track=Software%20Engi...

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tidepod12|5 years ago

AFAIK there's an exception for some geos like the Bay Area (and maybe NYC?) where salary can go as high as $180k (or maybe $185k.. I don't know the exact number). That might be why levels.fyi reports higher than $160k (or it could just be lies) but the general gist is correct. Amazon has a hard cap on their salaries. Any pay over ~$180k (or whatever the number is) is given out as either cash bonus or as stock.

Zaheer|5 years ago

Ex-Amazon here. This is right - Bay Area cap is $185k.

bmcfeeley|5 years ago

Sure, no arguments here about the existence of a top end — that’s moving the goalposts though. There is not a hard cap at 160K.

As an aside, is this materially different than any other FAANG? All the offers I’ve seen when browsing tools like levels.fyi scale much faster in stock/bonus compensation than in salary.

joshuamorton|5 years ago

That agrees with GP. Base salary is capped at 160K.

bmcfeeley|5 years ago

There are a large number of salaries reported in excess of 160K therein.