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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH works at a FANG co as a data scientist. He has ~12 yoe (following a PhD), 5 at this particular company. His base salary for this year was ~$180k; he sells all his RSUs as soon as they vest and this year that added an additional $400k to his total comp. I would say he only works 40-45 hrs a week. Very flexible and not particularly high stress.  [/quote]
This is one of the few high comp posts here I believe. I'm also a data scientist, and 13 years out from PhD (though less time in the tech sector). Not FAANG. My base is higher than your DH's, and my total comp is ~$400K. I do believe AWS caps base close to where your DH is, though, and his comp structure is very common for FAANG. You start making money once you've lasted long enough to have prior year stock grants vest each year.

My DH is tech adjacent, and 14 years out from PhD. His base is ~$280K, and because he's pretty senior his cash bonus is close to 100% though highly dependent on his performance. But annual income-wise he almost doubles his base + cash by selling the RSUs that he's accumulated over time when they vest each year.

We are mid-40s, though...and we didn't start off with these incomes. I never know what to make of these posts about people in their 20s earning $300K+ in tech with only an undergrad degree. Neither DH's company nor mine pay that much to people a couple of years out of school...and, to the extent I know my friends' ballpark incomes, I don't know any others earning that kind of money without an advanced degree either. And I know several people who work at FAANG companies.[/quote]

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