How Much Do Facebook Software Engineers Make? (Facebook Software Engineer Salary)

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  • Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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    So how much do Facebook software engineers make? This is a question that has been asked quite a few times in the comments section so I figured it was time to give in and break down all of the Facebook software developer salary information that is out there. We will also talk about Facebook benefits, both core (health insurance, time off, etc) and the more exciting ones (free food, on-site spas, free laundry, etc). At the start of the video we also talk about how stock grants work at Facebook because they are a little different from other companies out there. Who knows, maybe after watching this video you'll become a techlead millionaire at Facebook 😉
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    0:00 - Intro
    0:29 - Total Compensation At Facebook
    1:24 - Entry Level Software Engineer Salary
    2:04 - Software Engineer Salary
    2:35 - Senior Software Engineer Salary
    3:21 - Staff Software Engineer Salary
    4:10 - Senior Staff Software Engineer Salary
    4:50 - Principal Software Engineer Salary
    5:37 - Distinguished Software Engineer Salary
    6:27 - Benefits At Facebook
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 147

  • @CodyEngelCodes
    @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +13

    Would you ever work at Facebook or Netflix more your thing?

    • @jugsma6676
      @jugsma6676 2 роки тому +5

      Facebook, but I failed on my whiteboard interview :(
      will try again.
      Netflix is good too, but they only intake sr. Software Engineers

    • @shtman504
      @shtman504 2 роки тому +2

      @@jugsma6676 bro it's very very competitive

    • @Sanyu-Tumusiime
      @Sanyu-Tumusiime 2 роки тому

      @@jugsma6676 I can't even find a single jobs here in Uganda. So, I'm happy just to have somthing.

    • @sharmilakarforma2490
      @sharmilakarforma2490 2 роки тому

      Does the salary in faang companies differ from place to place or country to country???love your content...it's very informative....love from india.

    • @theappstore
      @theappstore 2 роки тому

      Interviewed FB last year - Amazon now recruiting. 27 years Experience - So far have not made the leap (April 2022) but considering...

  • @diego7425
    @diego7425 2 роки тому +20

    I don’t even use Facebook but those numbers are WILD, I’m speechless

  • @jonathanc3555
    @jonathanc3555 2 роки тому +11

    Holy crap, I'm baffled at the fact that you don't yet have at least 100k or 200k subscribers; with the level of quality in your videos and the amount of research I can tell you put into them, you'll definitely be getting there soon

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +3

      Thanks that means a lot. Honestly I'm a little relieved that my channel is the size that it is. When it went from 3,000 to 10,000 nearly overnight my anxiety went through the roof and I took some time off. Currently writing scripts for new videos though and I'm excited to get back to recording and editing soon :)

  • @incidentsandaccidents
    @incidentsandaccidents 3 роки тому +114

    Fascinating to learn the cost of a human soul.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +19

      Right on the money!

    • @JohnStockton7459
      @JohnStockton7459 2 роки тому +1

      Pays pretty nice 🥴

    • @sirgalahad1470
      @sirgalahad1470 2 роки тому +6

      I work for a meme stock company that has robbed me of my soul and my compensation is a tenth of this. If you are going to have your soul robbed anyway, I mean...

    • @Damian-cd2tj
      @Damian-cd2tj 2 роки тому +1

      You’d work for them if you had the chance, let’s not be hypocritical

    • @incidentsandaccidents
      @incidentsandaccidents 2 роки тому +1

      @@Damian-cd2tj actually, I’ve been reached out to by their recruiters multiple times and: No, I would not.
      Might be hard for you to believe but not everyone values money above all else. Some of us would rather have “enough,” sleep well at night, and have time to do things outside of their day job.

  • @giftedfingers2580
    @giftedfingers2580 Рік тому

    I appreciate the fact that you dive straight into bread and butter of the video, a lot of videos like to drag on and on about irrelevant stuff.

  • @KevinWon
    @KevinWon 3 роки тому +10

    Thanks for the detailed breakdown! There’s also the refreshers as well 😆

  • @chikamaduabuchi8639
    @chikamaduabuchi8639 Рік тому

    You just got yourself a new subscriber. Nice content man.

  • @mbagnickmboup8272
    @mbagnickmboup8272 2 роки тому

    I like your video so much. It’s very well explained

  • @sjamr10
    @sjamr10 2 роки тому +3

    Pretty good content. Deserve more subscribers!

  • @darraghhughes654
    @darraghhughes654 3 роки тому

    Great video Cody!

  • @dadandme
    @dadandme 2 роки тому +1

    Great video but you forgot a few things such as a signing bonus, a bonus for moving closer to the Menlo Park campus, a free ice cream shop (Menlo Park), a bicycle shop (Menlo Park), plenty of different kind of cafeterias (Menlo Park), free food for employees and guest for breakfast, lunch & dinner, business class travel tickets when flights are over 6 hours, and way more...

  • @kursorken
    @kursorken 2 роки тому +3

    I think you should also make a video about the tax burden, top ca tax bracket is 53%, sometimes for the stock grants even not liquid yet. Together with crazy real estate price and high col they definitely give your viewers a better overall perspective on the crazy salary Bay Area sde is making

  • @TheBeach5563
    @TheBeach5563 8 днів тому

    Holy moly, whew. Damn I been wasting my time with hardware stuff. Need to learn to code. I would love to work for them. Heck even if I have to start at the lowest level. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lordnaures8576
    @lordnaures8576 2 роки тому +1

    Finally! Someone that gets right into the point! +1 Like +1 Comment

  • @ali-zd1js
    @ali-zd1js 3 роки тому +15

    a video on what sets the highest paid software developers apart from the crowd please!what makes them different?etc

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +5

      Good idea, I’ll see what I can put together!

  • @ROFEL
    @ROFEL 2 роки тому +3

    After watching the benefits section a month ago, I was amazed and I decided to try out for Meta SWE. I come back to this video a month later and I got the offer and will be starting soon. Although I believe the fitness/wellness stipend is $3k a year now

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому

      Hey congrats on the job offer with Meta 😎

    • @peekos
      @peekos 2 роки тому

      it's 3k a year, but they removed the 5k baby cash for your child every year that they're under 5 years old. so it's bad for parents but good for everyon else

  • @Coderama
    @Coderama Рік тому

    Thumbnail is 👌👌

  • @alxizr
    @alxizr 2 роки тому +7

    Hello Cody,
    Thank you for the videos and explanations.
    I really like the way you approach this subject. I was wondering if you can explain or reveal about how stuff works after the first contact is ended. What I mean is, the videos you made on salaries in some big companies are for new comers, people who did not work before for that particular company, for example Facebook. What I am interested to know, what happens after the 4 year plan? Let's say that I started working for one of these companies and my initial contract is for 4 years and the compensation in total is X, is there a raise in compensation or is there a new contract ? What happens on the 4th year and one day mark ? Any thing you can say may help me and others of course.
    Thanks ahead.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +1

      Good question and it's something I should cover in future videos in this series. Every company that offers equity will have what are called refreshers. These will usually happen once a year. So let's say your initial Facebook grant was $100,000 a normal refresher might be something like $35,000 with the same vesting. While the grant itself is lower in the refresher, these will also stack on top of one another. So after your first year you'd only have equity from one grant vesting, but at the end of your second year you'd have equity from your first and second grant vesting and stacking on top of one another.
      So you don't have to worry about this, you'll never not have future equity that is vesting with a company, they will keep giving it to you. It's more likely that you will walk away from equity when another company offers you more money to go work for them.

    • @alxizr
      @alxizr 2 роки тому

      @@CodyEngelCodes thank you very much for the explanation. I really appreciate it. Let me first walk in a door of a big company like Facebook/Amazon/Google/Microsoft and alike before considering jumping around from one to another because of this reason. Let this be our problems in life :) 😀 😃 🙂 🙃 😊 😇 😀 😃 🙂

  • @xzcvz
    @xzcvz 2 роки тому

    Do you know if this level of comp carries across other positions ? E.g product managers

  • @puddleglum5610
    @puddleglum5610 2 роки тому +5

    Facebook looks so great to work for, aside from the fact that you're working on an evil product that harms humanity

    • @Jambajakumba
      @Jambajakumba 2 роки тому +5

      Who isn't working for a company that harms someone else😂you pick your poison

    • @puddleglum5610
      @puddleglum5610 2 роки тому +2

      @@Jambajakumba there aren’t many that are on the evilness level of Facebook, however. The whistleblower 60 Minutes report that came out just last Sunday is proof of that.

    • @Jambajakumba
      @Jambajakumba 2 роки тому +1

      @@puddleglum5610 That's true. FaceBook has affected a lot of lives negatively, to the point of death. I can't condone that.
      But evil is evil, you don't decide what's less than the other.
      The fashion industry is the second largest polluter after gas & oil. People will still buy LV bags & sneakers.
      Apple gets cheap labor in Asia at the expense of overworking asians. Everyone still gets the latest IPhone.
      The US still allows people to own guns, even if we are losing thousands of people a year to gun violence.
      You pick your poison, because you need to feed your family & everything else.

    • @puddleglum5610
      @puddleglum5610 2 роки тому +1

      @@Jambajakumba I disagree. I think there are different degrees of evil, and Facebook is at a higher degree of evil than most (if not all) tech companies. It literally profits from encouraging and stirring up hatred. Yeah, they pay a lot, and feeding family comes first. But, all else equal, I would never choose Facebook over any of the other big techs.

    • @2RosarioVampire
      @2RosarioVampire 2 роки тому

      Facebook might be evil but as a company to work for, it pays its employees best. Better than getting screwed over by capitalism.

  • @Live-os7gu
    @Live-os7gu 2 роки тому

    Crazy benefits!

  • @SadnanShahriar
    @SadnanShahriar 8 місяців тому

    Just want to know what does the soft engineers do
    Are they backned, front end, machine learning or data scientist
    Or they can be any of them

  • @ravivyas8024
    @ravivyas8024 2 роки тому +1

    Can you please do a video on TPM salaries as well ?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому

      I can try to do a roundup talking about the average salaries across companies.

  • @trailerhaul8200
    @trailerhaul8200 2 роки тому +1

    No wonder the cost of living of these companies in the areas is sky rockted

  • @seiduyakubu3365
    @seiduyakubu3365 9 місяців тому

    Good day sir, please what tech skill do you need to work with Facebook as an undergraduate software engineer?,
    And how can get a job with Facebook or other tech giant

  • @karanrajput9420
    @karanrajput9420 2 роки тому

    pls make video on Rolbox salary.

  • @christopheranderson5978
    @christopheranderson5978 2 роки тому

    What is a stock grant? I don’t understand what it is.

  • @trailerhaul8200
    @trailerhaul8200 2 роки тому +1

    Now I know why Software Engineers talk about money and retirement like no one else lol

  • @WSCTech
    @WSCTech 3 роки тому

    Hey I thought all engineers make 100K 😊 nice video!

  • @ronjohn200
    @ronjohn200 3 роки тому +1

    How do you pace yourself when working on an Android app? I'm pretty efficient but I don't want to go too so slow for the boss or too fast for the team.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +1

      I just get as much done as I can while taking frequent enough breaks to not get burnt out 🤷‍♂️

  • @mariadeguadalupenavarroeli8369

    So you don't live and work in the Metaverse? 🤔
    Amazing video!

  • @sadboiglizzy3000
    @sadboiglizzy3000 3 роки тому +9

    What do you do as a software engineer at FB. It sounds odd but what do I need to learn in order to possibly become one. Is web development an option ?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +3

      With big tech companies it’s basically anything. Web dev is one, mobile is another, machine learning is another, they do oculus so hardware is in that list as well.

    • @SnippetzJS
      @SnippetzJS 2 роки тому +1

      Web dev is definitely an option. I am currently at FB and I have been doing web dev for about a decade now.

    • @hanhai8515
      @hanhai8515 2 роки тому +1

      the most important thing if you want to get into entry level is to study data structure and algorithms and leetcode, web dev knowledge can be acquired anytime after you get in.

    • @onwukarosariow1607
      @onwukarosariow1607 2 роки тому +1

      @@SnippetzJS dude whats your salary

    • @peekos
      @peekos 2 роки тому +1

      @@onwukarosariow1607 i'm not him, but i made senior at FB last year and I make around 380k a year in total comp.

  • @ronjohn200
    @ronjohn200 3 роки тому +1

    Off topic... Web vs Android Mobile. Which is best for high salary? Which would you choose if you had a choice?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +1

      It depends. Android is more specific so you can get some good salaries. Web has a lot more to it so you can also find a niche to specialize in and make good money, plus most companies need web folks, not every company needs and Android app.

  • @abdelrhmanmohamed4754
    @abdelrhmanmohamed4754 10 місяців тому

    Do you guys pay taxes for these stock in usa?

  • @parris145
    @parris145 2 роки тому +1

    To be fair 261K may be top 2% in the USA, but it is far from the top 2% in Menlo Park. Basically at that salary you may still need a roommate depending on where you choose to live in SV.

    • @2RosarioVampire
      @2RosarioVampire 2 роки тому

      To be fair those people are saving/investing a ton of money each year.
      $330k TC here. Investing 6 figures a year.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +1

      One bedrooms start around $3,200 and go up to around $4,000. If you can't make that work on $261k a year, then you probably need to reassess your financial situation.

  • @ovisarkar4002
    @ovisarkar4002 10 місяців тому

    Thumbnail though 😂

  • @rift9106
    @rift9106 3 роки тому

    Nice vid! Where do you work rn btw?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +2

      PayPal

    • @rift9106
      @rift9106 3 роки тому +3

      @@CodyEngelCodes nice could you do a video on “How much do PayPal Software Engineers Make?” maybe?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +2

      One day, yes.

  • @bazerque1454
    @bazerque1454 2 роки тому

    hola si, me gustaria postularme, gracias

  • @randy4443
    @randy4443 2 роки тому

    If you don't want the srock, can you trade it in for increased base salary?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому

      There is always room to negotiate, you'd likely end up with more money if you took on additional equity though. Base salary is harder to negotiate.

  • @jamiewalters7869
    @jamiewalters7869 Рік тому

    How to explain FB / Meta engineers are among top income earners in America yet the product, FB, is not that great? Legal structures, regulatory structures, political structures, etc sub-optimal?

  • @Gel-blasters
    @Gel-blasters 3 роки тому +1

    Hey am a 15 year old young coder can you give me any tips for coding and what to start on

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому

      Find some courses on FreeCodeCamp or check out some Kenny Gunderman videos for project inspiration

  • @BillyMbasilu
    @BillyMbasilu 8 місяців тому

    hello can a kenyan software engineer work at facebook?

  • @Akashpagol
    @Akashpagol 3 роки тому

    would you consider moving to west coast and work for facebook or google?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +1

      The furthest west I’d move is Colorado (well maybe Seattle but not the Bay Area 😅) but yeah I’d considering working at either one day, seems like they are doing some cool stuff.

  • @brucezhang4004
    @brucezhang4004 2 роки тому

    The amount of salary is just insane

  • @fuzzydark1395
    @fuzzydark1395 2 роки тому

    What about taxes? Are these final income or before taxes?

  • @gautamsunny956
    @gautamsunny956 2 роки тому

    is there is tax on stocks and bonus ? if there how much it will

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +1

      Yes. You'd want to talk to a tax professional to get exact numbers. Long term capital gains are normally taxed less (I think 15% currently) whereas short term capital gains are taxed at your ordinary income.

  • @thedancerSK
    @thedancerSK 2 роки тому

    How does he not have more followers ???

  • @tgbateria
    @tgbateria 2 роки тому

    Too bad. Watching this and not yet back into the office.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому

      That's rough. Although the last time I spoke with a recruiter there it sounded like the WFH setup was pretty nice (heard folks were getting a free portal).

  • @thephysicist5745
    @thephysicist5745 Рік тому

    Are these numbers the same for Facebook in eu?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  Рік тому

      They are global averages but those averages are heavily skewed towards Palo Alto since that's where the majority of employees are at (or at least at the time of this video that's where they were at).
      I'd look at levels.fyi and filter by region to get a better idea of what you'd make in the EU at Facebook.

  • @shtman504
    @shtman504 2 роки тому

    Why not get into that company bro

  • @prathamrana8433
    @prathamrana8433 3 роки тому

    Do they get these benefits including their salary or excluding?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому

      The benefits are in addition to their compensation.

    • @prathamrana8433
      @prathamrana8433 3 роки тому

      @@CodyEngelCodes Can you please make a video on FAANG Ethical Hackers?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому

      I can try, I have some other ones already planned but will do my best 🙏

  • @saltwaterscratcher
    @saltwaterscratcher 2 роки тому

    I can’t wait to quit my job and work at Facebook. Construction digger to an IT

  • @user-mj8ml2vs5d
    @user-mj8ml2vs5d 3 роки тому +1

    Graham Stephan please react!

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому

      Gotta go to his channel and get Jack on the line!!

  • @cmdv42
    @cmdv42 2 роки тому

    💯

  • @712gln
    @712gln 10 місяців тому

    and these guys are complaining about returning to work at the office.

  • @jalabi99
    @jalabi99 2 роки тому +1

    Note: all of these figures are pre-tax.

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому +3

      Yes, everyone's tax situation is different.

  • @sriharshaananthoju8671
    @sriharshaananthoju8671 2 роки тому

    doesn't that depend on location tho

  • @ykr786
    @ykr786 3 роки тому +7

    I would appreciate if you can give your two cents on why software engineers make so much more than electrical or mechanical engineers even though EE and MEs graduate with more math and physics courses as oppose to programming where any tom, dick and harry can learn them unless it's assembly language

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +10

      Basic economics, supply and demand. There aren’t enough software engineers to meet demand. Companies that have little overhead but are crazy profitable can then pay more to attract the talent so that they can become more profitable. Also a CS degree is difficult, it requires a ton of work.

    • @ykr786
      @ykr786 3 роки тому +1

      @@CodyEngelCodes compare to other engineers( at least the core ones) CS us walk in the park. What makes CS difficult is it's math and physics. Other engineering has more of it. So I would think more ppl graduate with CS degree than engineering degree and hence supply would be offset for the demand. I guess I am wrong

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +7

      Yep, you are wrong.

    • @ykr786
      @ykr786 3 роки тому

      @@CodyEngelCodes Either I am wrong or something seriously wrong with the system. Coz I know other engineering is hard for a fact. But thank You for the insight. btw I really like your content. Keep up the good work

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  3 роки тому +22

      Something being difficult doesn’t make it more in demand.

  • @mastaskep
    @mastaskep Рік тому

    FB value in the world is quite low for those type of numbers smh

  • @shtman504
    @shtman504 2 роки тому

    Have you tried to get into faang companies?

    • @CodyEngelCodes
      @CodyEngelCodes  2 роки тому

      Maybe one day. I'm a fan of interviewing at companies that require little to no prep because I have other things to do outside of working 40 hours a week.

    • @shtman504
      @shtman504 2 роки тому

      @@CodyEngelCodes are you confident that you'll pass the faang interview on your field?

  • @elle9699
    @elle9699 2 роки тому

    2.99M?!! i regret not studying hard on highschool 😭

  • @rajeetchand6589
    @rajeetchand6589 2 роки тому

    Hello Could you or someone help me retrieve my FB account they did something where they only send the code to my email and not number . I need it to go to my #.