Chart:who pays the most in Seattle for software engineers

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Chart:who pays the most in Seattle for software engineers

by JOHN COOK on February 2 at 3:14 pm

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Steve Ballmer was right. It's all on developers, developers, Developersthese days. In fact, the companies-like Amazon.com, Twitter and Facebook was doing "acqui-hires"-like the One Today's teachstreet-just to gobble up key engineering talent.

But that's not really the norm, and most tech companies is still have to pay out old-fashioned salaries. With this in mind, I asked the folks over at Glassdoor to run some numbers on the top Seattle tech employers to find out W Ho is paying the most for software engineers.

The results, as you'll see in the chart below, might surprise. If you thought Amazon.com and Microsoft were at the top of the pay scales, you ' d be wrong.

It ' s actually F5 Networks, the publicly-traded Seattle company whose software and hardware are used to speed up the deliver Y of applications over the Internet. It shows an average base salary of $115,388.

Google, with about $ employees in the Seattle area, came in second with an average base salary of $105,437. And Concur Technologies, a maker of travel and entertainment expense management software, were third at $100,029.

Not too shabby.

Now, it ' s worth noting a few things. We did not ask Glassdoor to run numbers for new arrivals in Seattle such as Facebook, Hulu, Salesforce.com, EBay and Zynga , thinking their staffs is just too small at the the game.

The report also includes all salaries reported on Glassdoor for employees in the Seattle area with the phrase "software en Gineer "in their titles. F5 Networks, for example, shows a higher average base salary in part because more people in Glassdoor listed themselves UN Der The title "Senior Software engineer," whereas Google shows only seven Seattle "Senior software engineers" and more tha n Seattle "software engineers."

Nonetheless, we thought the chart was kind of the interesting given the ongoing talent wars. Which company would do prefer to work at these days, and are salary the most important consideration for you?

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John Cook is GeekWire's co-founder and editor, a veteran reporter and the longest-serving journalist on the Pacific No Rthwest Tech startup beat. Follow him @johnhcook and email [email protected].Support STEM education:donate to Geeks Give Backgeekwire be once again proud to partner with Bank of America to support G Eeks Give back, a community-wide effort to raise $ million for the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship. This unique program provides scholarships to deserving students, the majority of whom is women and students of color, who is pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math in Washington state. To donate as an individual or corporation, visit geeksgiveback.org today!15 CommentsShare TweetShareRedditEmail

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