For those of you entranced by the top-line numbers here, you have to also remember that the cost of living in San Francisco (especially with regards to housing) is also extremely high. For example, according to Wolfram|Alpha a $95,000 salary in Seattle is worth $137,000 in San Francisco [1].<p>1: <a href="https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%2495%2C000+salary+in+Seattle+moving+to+San+Francisco" rel="nofollow">https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%2495%2C000+salary+in+...</a>
I really dislike the trends I'm seeing in infographics. It's information porn with no substance.<p><pre><code> - The sources are very vague, there's no way to
verify anything for yourself.
- There's no indication of statistical significance
- Visualizations are not accurate, such as the
"salary by experience" graph which even by visual
inspection is not to scale.
- The connected line graph from "C" to "Other" under
salary by company stage is meaningless and misleading
- The visualizations are for the sake of visualization,
not for clarity. See "Average # of companies
competing" section</code></pre>
Riviera typically places people for senior positions - their business model is to charge a retainer percentage (25-30%) salary for a placed candidate, so it's not economically viable for them to deal with five-digit salaries at the low-end.
What's the point of talking about salaries at startups?<p>I don't understand why you would give priority to a salary figure at a startup. It's largely illusory. The startup could shutdown 2 weeks from now and nobody will pay you anything.<p>If you're just after a high salary, join an established corporation. If you're after equity, or working on cutting edge stuff, join a startup.
This is like using the average rent prices in Manhattan to represent the average rent prices of New York State.<p>The median prices would be much more interesting.
This looks like Small Data. Here's why:<p><5 years work experience:<p>T20 school => $102,500<p>non-T20 => $123,300<p>... which seems to be counterintuitive, with more prestigious schools correlating to lower salaries, but stranger things have happened.<p>5+ years of experience:<p>T20 school => $128,500<p>non-T20 school => $123,100<p>In other words, the people from non-T20 schools stagnate as they cross the 5-year mark, while the T20 students improve considerably. That makes no sense, because the effect of a T20 degree is <i>highest</i> early in one's career.