I checked the H1B database for iOS engineers and it doesn't look that much better, not sure if those are fresh grad salaries or experienced person salaries.
Apple looked like they were paying about ~$10K more than here which is easily eaten by rent.
What's going rate for an Lead iOS Engineer with 12 years exp? (4 on iOS)
I have no idea where your coming from, what you do and so on so I can't compare that well. For me, vancouver rent is only couple hundred dollars less, if at all cheaper than the SFBA. Houses are close to the same price as the SFBA. When I was looking around in vancouver vs. seattle as a new grad, I was getting about a $40k annual difference. I've added about another $40k after several years and moving down to the SFBA.
You get stock/bonus compensation on top of that. If it's a startup then your getting non-liquid stock for the chance of a big payout later. For a publicly traded company, you pretty much treat it as an extra amount of cash that can amount to another $20-40k+.
That H1B salary searcher is diluted by guys that aren't paid that well at Wipro for example and doesn't include other forms of compensation. I also don't know if it includes raises over time. You also get such things as all 3 meals, gyms, etc which can amount to another $300-700/month. Everything is more expensive in Canada & the UK. If you live in a non income tax state, your income tax is reduced by another %10. California total income tax is about the same as BC, but WA is definitely lower than anywhere in Canada. Your employed so you have health care too.
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I checked the H1B database for iOS engineers and it doesn't look that much better, not sure if those are fresh grad salaries or experienced person salaries.
Apple looked like they were paying about ~$10K more than here which is easily eaten by rent.
What's going rate for an Lead iOS Engineer with 12 years exp? (4 on iOS)
I have no idea where your coming from, what you do and so on so I can't compare that well. For me, vancouver rent is only couple hundred dollars less, if at all cheaper than the SFBA. Houses are close to the same price as the SFBA. When I was looking around in vancouver vs. seattle as a new grad, I was getting about a $40k annual difference. I've added about another $40k after several years and moving down to the SFBA.
You get stock/bonus compensation on top of that. If it's a startup then your getting non-liquid stock for the chance of a big payout later. For a publicly traded company, you pretty much treat it as an extra amount of cash that can amount to another $20-40k+.
That H1B salary searcher is diluted by guys that aren't paid that well at Wipro for example and doesn't include other forms of compensation. I also don't know if it includes raises over time. You also get such things as all 3 meals, gyms, etc which can amount to another $300-700/month. Everything is more expensive in Canada & the UK. If you live in a non income tax state, your income tax is reduced by another %10. California total income tax is about the same as BC, but WA is definitely lower than anywhere in Canada. Your employed so you have health care too.