Reports

Industries on one scale. Median is the tick. Not a bought ranking.

• SWE by industryAI labs $506kTypical total comp for software engineers, one band per industry. Same scale.
• AE by industryAI labs $340kEnterprise and mixed-book closers. OTE is the tick. Wash is upside.
• How much of typical is cashAI labs $506kBase as a share of typical pay. Netflix is almost all cash. Labs are paper.
• AI labs vs SaaSAI labs $506kCursor and OpenAI against Snowflake and Datadog. Same SWE seat.
• Crypto vs fintechFintech $307kCoinbase and Circle against Stripe, Block, and Robinhood.
• Consumer vs big techConsumer $385kNetflix and Snap against Google and Meta. Cash vs RSUs.
• Space vs siliconSilicon $295kSpaceX cash against NVIDIA paper. The same IC title, different book.
• Marketplace vs consumerConsumer $385kDoorDash and Uber against Netflix and Spotify.