Business Insider claims to have obtained a revealing spreadsheet shared among Google employees, which shows that the average annual income of Google employees in 2022 will be a staggering $279,800. Unsurprisingly, among the numerous job postings, software engineers earn the most, with a base income of $718,000 last year.
The spreadsheet’s data includes nearly 12,000 US workers at Google in 2022, representing a wide range of roles such as software engineers, business analysts and sales representatives. Here is a breakdown of Google’s annual base salary for various positions:
- Software Engineer: $718,000
- Engineering Manager: $400,000
- Corporate Direct Sales: $377,000
- Company Legal Counsel: $320,000
- Sales Strategy: $320,000
- User Experience Design: $315,000
- Government Affairs and Public Policy: $312,000
- Research Scientist: $309,000
- Cloud Sales: $302,000
- Project Manager: $300,000
The study also emphasizes that Google employees’ compensation is not limited to base salary, but also includes stock and bonuses. Software developers, for example, could receive up to $1.5 million in stock in 2022.
According to MyLogIQ data analyzed by the Wall Street Journal, Google’s average base salary in 2022 was lower than Meta (formerly Facebook), but higher than Salesforce ($199,100) and Adobe ($170,700), two other major technology companies.
It’s important to remember that the public data only covers full-time Google employees in the US, and not all individuals have disclosed their stock and incentive information. As a result, the data is more of a starting point than a thorough representation of the entire employee base. Nevertheless, the data provides useful insights into the pay landscape at Google, one of the world’s leading technology companies.
