10 Highest paying companies for TPM roles
Top 10 highest paying companies for TPM roles
When it comes to choosing a company for your career path, one of the most important factors is money. Let’s be honest - money is a very important motivator. If you are a Technical Program Manager, and if the money is an important factor for you too, you might be curious about the highest paying companies for TPM roles. Read on to find out!
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The top 3 Highest paying companies for TPM roles are: Google, Facebook and Amazon.
1. Google,
- L3 Total pay: 165k Base: $116k Bonus: $17k
- L4 Total pay: $231k Base: $143k Bonus: $25k
- L5 Total salary: $301k Base: $170k Bonus: $33k
- L6 Total pay: $370k Base: $190k Bonus: $41k
->The salary varies depending on the location
L5 (general) in San Francisco is $260k, the same level in Mountain View, CA is $365k.
->The salary also varies in the same city
At Sunnyvale, L5 (data center) with 0-8 years of experience is $341k, while in the same place L5 (Cloud) with 15 years of experience is $311k.
2. Facebook
- Total for TPM - IC5 Level: $300k per year.
- Base: $200k (2 years at comp.)
- Cash bonus: $30k (10 years at comp).
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Menlo Park, CA: IC5 (infrastructure) - $321k
IC5 (non-technical) - $164k
IC4 (Infra) - $247k
L5 Program Manager (Information security) - $285k
Seattle, WA: IC5 (AI) - $351k
IC5 (Hardwere) - $262k
->The difference by city
Menlo Park, CA - IC5 (infra) - $321k
San Francisco - IC5 (infra) - $280k
3. Amazon
- Level name: L4 - Total pay: $130k - Base: $94 - Bonus: $5k
- Level name: L5 - Total pay: $193k - Base: $144 - Bonus: $19k
- Level name: L6 - Total pay: $258k - Base: $156k - Bonus: $20
- Level name: L7 - Total pay: $320k - Base: $170k - Bonus: $4k
Here are also the other two FAANG companies: Apple, Netflix.
4. Apple,
- Total for TPM: $255k per year
- Base: $180k per year. (0 years at comp.)
- Cash Bonus: $35k (8 years of experience)
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Cupertino, CA: ICT4 (NPI project managment) -$268k
ICT4 (Software engineering) - $340k
ICT4 (Hardware) - $225k
ICT4 (networking) - $370k
->The difference by city:
Cupertino, CA - $183k (with 0-2 years of experience)
San Diego, CA - $250k (with 1-4 years of experience)
5. Netflix
- Total per year: $305k
- Base: $275k
- Cash bonus: $16k (two years of experience)
- Los Angeles, CA: Senior Software engineer - $305k
- Los Angeles, CA: No levels - $250k
- Los Gatos: Only one level across Netflix - $430k (12-18 years of experience).
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In the top 10 is also, the Microsoft company:
6. Microsoft
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Level name: 59 - Total: $172k Base: $109 Bonus: $17k
61 - Total: $167k Base: $130k Bonus: $13k 62 - Total: $174k Base: $142k Bonus: $17k 63 - Total: $195k Base: $156k Bonus: $22k 64 - Total: $246k Base: $177k Bonus: $34k 65 - Total: $295k Base: $200k Bonus: $43k 66 - Total: $372k Base: $216k Bonus: $57k 67 - Total: $441k Base: $229k Bonus: $72k
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Seattle, WA: 61 level - $221k
65 Level - $264k
Redmond, WA: 63 (gaming) - $211k
63 (manufacturing) - $230k
Not always the FAANG companies are the only highest paying companies.
There are other companies that pay high. And, sometimes even higher, than the FAANG companies. Recently I saw an interesting example when Door Dash offers $400k to the same person which got an $280k offer from Apple, but the lower level.
Below I list some companies that paying high, and there are not FAANG. In the top 10 are also: Nvidia, Salesforce, Oracle and Airbnb.
7. Nvidia
- Total for TPM, IC4 level: $311k per year.
- Base: $184 (3 years at comp)
- Cash bonus: $33k (9 years of experience).
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Santa Clara: IC5 (DFT engineer) - $372k
Ic5 (managment) - $325k
IC5 (production) -$246k
5 (ML/AI) - $325k
IC4 (Distributed systems, back-end) - $311k
In San Francisco L6 (general) is $280k (6-15 years of experience).
8. Salesforce
- Total for TPM: $234k per year
- Base: $160k (1 years at comp.)
- Cash Bonus: $24k (25 years of experience)
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Seattle: SMTS (applications) - $255k (4-8 years of experience)
L7 - $200k (4-9 years of experience)
Bellevue, WA: L8 - $262k
L6 - $208k
In San Francisco, L8 level (security) in 2020 was $252k, while now, in 2021 is $262k.
9. Oracle
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Level name: IC- 3 - Total: $208k Base: $147k Bonus: $1k
IC- 4 - Total: $257k Base: $169k Bonus: $3k IC -5 - Total: $ 357k Base: $194 Bouns: --k
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
Seattle, WA: IC- 3 (data engineering) - $130k (0-6 years of experience)
IC- 4 (networking) - $350k (2-10 years of experience)
->The difference by city:
San Francisko: IC-4 (cloud) - $260k
Seatlle, WA: IC-4 (security, platform) - $265k
10. Airbnb
- Total per year: $375k (G9)
- Base: $205k (1 year of experience)
- Bonus: $20k (17 years of experience)
->Different salaries by levels, in the same city
San Francisco: Staff - $450k
L4 - $235k
G9 - $370k
L10 - $278k
9 - $390
In Bangalore, India, Airbnb’s total compensation for level L9 is $38k.