[Paypal] T26 Staff Engineer - Compensation Benchmarks

So I worked at PayPal, and that sounds about right. Overall, PayPal is a successful company that pays above average, but it simply can't compete with Meta. Most E5s at Meta now are at minimum $450k TC (the stock has done quite well over the past 2 years), and it will be very hard for PayPal to beat that unless they dramatically uplevel you from senior.

Again, PayPal is a storied, incredible company overall, but I consider it a rung below Meta frankly having worked at both. I personally wouldn't go from Meta -> PayPal unless you are really pushing for more work-life balance (and I don't know if PayPal can provide that either as they're also doing layoffs).

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