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$150,000/yr (yes big, less than median for software engineers in the US) is $2k/week, $8k/month
Edit: $2k/week after taxes because direct deposit is the context of this discussion
8k/month is 96k/year. Just multiply by 12
How dare you question his math?! He gets paid 96k /150k for that!
this is about a deposit so it’s take home
401k etc makes this fuzzy
They said the US. Ao mathing is hard.
Take home vs before taxes are very different numbers
Direct deposit is after taxes. Bi-weekly or weekly deposit is the most common.
What
I’m moving there the second the orange guy gets thrown out of the White House
$2k/month is considered a very good salary in my country
Btw how does 8k/ month make 150k/year? Do you get bonuses or shares or whatever? I heard that they give shares to employees in the US
As far as I know, $150K isn't less than the median for software engineers in the entire US . It is less than the median for Senior/Lead Software Engineers though, so maybe that still works for you. In a HCOL city, you likely get far more than this amount, but it wouldn't go nearly as far obviously.
That's not less than median in the US. That's in the upper half, probably upper third of software salaries. Silicon valley shit really warps perspectives.