This Spanish software engineer tells what he earns and spends working in a big tech company in the US and it goes viral
We have already seen how teleworking has brought new realities. One of them is that the Workers from rich countries now have competition from workers from A Spanish software engineer, Alvarosziesp, who works for a large tech company in the US, has shared his salary online and his experiences with a viral hit on social networks. He explains that he lives in Seattle and works in a “big tech” company, with a base salary of $2,600 per two weeks, and shares of the company are volatile as they give a fixed amount of shares, not dollars. His gross salary for the last month was $10,600 plus $3,400. He also reveals that in Seattle, he has paid $3.264 in federal taxes and is saving $5,000 a month. This article also discusses the impact of Amazon's policy on teleworking, which has forced many people to return to their offices.
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We have already seen how teleworking has brought new realities. One of them is that the Workers from rich countries now have competition from workers from other countries with lower wages since a company can find talent anywhere in the world and save costs in a very simple way.
Many Tech sector professionals and programmers can find jobs in international companies (in fact at Genbeta we constantly publish these offers that appear and with very good salaries).
These days a boy who tells what he earns working online for an American company has gone viral on social networks. On TikTok, user Alvarosziesp says that he doesn’t say it to brag. He does not do his work online (although those possibilities do exist), But he lives in Seattle and wanted to show his audience how much you can earn as a software engineer in United States.
The computer scientist says he makes his video for two reasons. On the one hand, he believes that salary transparency is very important. And on the other hand to inspire other people and see that they can earn very good money as software engineers.
Álvaro says that he has a year of experience in the sector and He works in a “big tech” company although he does not specify which one it is.. The salary is divided into two parts. On the one hand, he has a base salary that he receives every two weeks. Then you have shares of the company, but that part is more volatile because they give you a fixed amount of shares, not dollars.
His gross salary for the last month was just over $10,600 plus $3,400 he received for the gross value of the shares. In his case, the company sponsors part of a private pension plan and he has paid just over $2,000 this month for that plan and the company has paid an additional $413.
He says that in Seattle he is not required to pay state taxes but has paid $3,264 in federal taxes. Yeah takes away what you have paid for your pension plan and taxesyou have just over $8,000 net left.
It must be taken into account that Seattle is one of the most expensive cities in the United States and a lot has been said about it now that Amazon has forced people to return to the offices and many of those people had moved states because the company had said that they would maintain teleworking forever.
Anyway, it seems like this engineer doesn’t have big expenses compared to his salary. His rent is $2,789, although he does not specify what the house is like, he spends about $240 to get around with Uber. If he takes away everything else he spends, he says he is saving $5,000 a month.
In the comments there are people who mentions that in Madrid there are companies that want to pay from 1400 to 2000 euros having studied Computer Science. We must not forget that the United States is a much more expensive country than Spain. In this case it is a single person without family responsibilities, but there, due to the lack of social services, education and healthcare are very expensive.
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