Technology engineers, especially those working in the AI field, at leading corporations such as Apple, Meta, Google, and Amazon are paid very well, hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Below are the salaries of technology engineers at Big Tech (big tech corporations) according to data from the aggregator platform collected by Business Insider.
According to Business Insider statistics as of May 25, the average salary of a technology engineer in the US is $ 77,433 a year.
Google’s lowest salary for engineers (at the third level) is around $130,000 to $280,000 per year.
Senior Engineers can be paid salaries of up to $300,000, or up to $700,000 or more in cash and company stock.
AI engineers at Google receive an average of 254,700 USD, good people can reach 535,000 USD per year.
A Googler said his base salary is $265,000 with a $270,000 stock bonus based on achievements.
Microsoft
Senior engineers (over 8 years of experience) are paid a salary of up to 400,000 USD by an American software company. New engineers will have a salary from 130,000 to 250,000 USD, with about 200,000 USD in bonuses depending on the goal achieved.
Apple
Engineers joining Apple start at level three of the seniority ladder. They receive about $160,000 a year, but can add a bonus of $200,000 to $250,000 if certain goals are achieved.
Fourth and fifth-level engineers with more years of experience will have higher salaries ranging from 330,000 to 500,000 USD per year. In addition to the basic salary of 200,000 USD, they will receive over 100,000 USD in bonus shares.
Level 4 AI engineer has a salary of about 505,000 USD from Apple, including 235,000 USD in cash and 270,000 USD in stock and bonus.
Meta
New engineers working at Meta will start at level three, and the highest is level 8 with senior and senior engineers. New engineers will receive a salary of about 170,000 USD per year.
Meta Engineers at level four have more earnings. In addition to the above salary, they can also receive a limited stock allowance of about $80,000 and an annual target bonus of $15,000.
Level six engineers can earn $500,000. At levels 7 and 8, engineers can receive from $1.5 million to $2 million, very few people achieve this level of income.
Amazon
At Amazon, employee earnings are heavily dependent on bonus stock. For example, an engineer specializing in machine learning and AI has a salary of about $200,000 in cash and $120,000 in stock.
New employees (fresh graduates with no experience) start with a fourth-grade engineer, at the Alexa virtual assistant segment with a total income of about 180,000 USD. Amazon pays between $250,000 and $300,000 for PhD holders. Meanwhile, the top level engineers have a total income of 350,000 to 500,000 USD.