Big Tech salaries to be revealed thanks to new transparency law
Tori Richards
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The world’s biggest tech companies will now have to disclosure how much they pay staff thanks to a new California law requiring salaries to be listed in job postings.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate bill 1162 to address disparity in wages for women, making California the second state behind New York to require salary transparency. The law applies to companies with more than 15 employees.
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The law has offered a glimpse into the world of Silicon Valley, where billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Steve Ballmer were created.
Among the highest salaries in job postings this week is Meta, which will pay between $205,000 and $281,000 yearly for a lead software engineer with more than 12 years of programming experience, eight of those spent at a website.
Meta is also looking for a data scientist in machine learning at $197,000 to $269,000 a year. The applicant must have a bachelor’s degree in math or a related field, or eight years of experience.
Over at Apple, a display technologist with a Ph.D., master’s degree and five years of experience can make $113,500 to $207,000 per year, according to a job posting.
Apple is also advertising for a Wi-Fi quality engineer, which is an entry-level position paying $113,500 to $171,000 per year. It requires two years of related software experience and a bachelor’s degree.
Despite moving its headquarters to Texas, Tesla continues to operate a factory in Northern California. The electric car giant has posted an associate quality engineer position with a huge pay scale: between $57,600 and $309,600 per year for someone who holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar field and is willing to travel.
Tesla also pays top dollar for automotive painters — $37,939 to $170,726 a year. A posting is encouraging people to apply with at least five year’s experience.
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A survey by Gizmondo said Meta offered less entry-level positions while Tesla appeared to have more jobs that were paid by the hour.