Recent compensation/offer experiences for medium size companies - mid 2026

Hoping to hear some info about some recent comp info so I and my peers can get a better lay of the land.

Personally with 12+ YOE and ex Meta, I've been applying for staff eng roles in large startups (series C and more). Offers have been between 230k total comp and 280k total comp plus startup equity. The 230k with no equity was quite a shock. Especially since it's taken me 5 months to get these offers.

I have a younger family member trying to break into his first job. Got an offer at 80k at a 1 billion cap public non tech company. Wondering if it's a good comp for today?

If you have big tech info, feel free to share. But I'm less interested there since we already have levels.fyi.

Posted Jul 10, 2026, 6:01 PM UTC

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