20. Associate, online sales and operations
Salary: $50,200
Google is a tech company. They value their engineers much more than any
other employees. So this does not come as a surprise that sales
associates figure at the last spot on the list. But the advantage of
having ‘worked for Google’ should make the relatively small pay package
look a little better.
19. AdWords associate
Salary: $53,538
AdWords is Google’s main advertising product and its primary source of
income. But surprisingly sales people working for this platform do not
make as much money as they make for Google.
18. Account manager
Salary: $68,188
Accounts managers are key people in a company who take care of the
management of sales and also handle some important clients. Google does
not hand out a very big salary package to account managers though.
17. Business Analyst
Salary: $80,510
Analysts working for Google take home a slightly better salary than
people in sales do. Their role is to keep a check on the overall working
of a company and is a job that requires much more expertise.
16. Software engineer intern
Salary: $82,488
Surprise surprise!! Google pays its interns more than it pays its
regular employees in sales and marketing. This clearly shows the love a
tech company gives to its engineers. But it is understandable because a
tech company is nothing without its engineers.
15. Network engineer
Salary: $87,219
Large organizations need a near perfect intranet service or else
communication becomes difficult. This has a direct effect on the work
that people have to do. Network enginers are the people responsible for
keeping the internal networks working fine. Naturally they earn more
than the sales people do.
14. User interface designer
Salary: $87,661
The user interface of a company is how a user sees the company. Having a
brilliantly designed UI is of great importance. But Google still pays
its UI designers slightly more than its interns.
13. Senior account manager
Salary: $89,778
Google pays its senior accounts managers a decent salary. Although it is nowhere close to what senior software developers make.
12. Database administrator
Salary: $94,420
Google is ideally known for its near magical search results. They have
to crunch a large amount of data to make the search process run
smoothly. Database administrators take care of all the data that Google
has to process. These people are important and are paid relatively well.
11. Site reliability engineer
Salary: $94,934
These people are very important since they make sure that search pages
are working allright. A company can lose a lot of money if the site is
down even for a few seconds. Therefore site reliability engineers in
Google are paid well.
10. User experience researcher
Salary: $95,320
Google needs to know how users react to their products. User experience
researchers are responsible for this. Their work is crucial because
they find out which product is working and which is not.
9. Software engineer
Salary: $103,436
The high numbers start here. Software engineers make google what it is
today. Their work is to create codes for new products and services.
Android, search etc all run because of them. Naturally they make money
at Google.
8. Financial analyst
Salary: $104,819
Finances of the company are handles by financial analysts. They find
out which product s is profitable and which ones are not. A handful of
these financial analysts earn the big bucks at Google.
7. Product marketing manager
Salary: $106,667
Google products are widely appreciated by users. Product marketing
managers use heavy research to come up with products that will be well
received by the world. Their work is very important.
6. Software research engineer
Salary: $116,593
A tech company can survive only if it keeps itself ahead of the times.
Google has engineers working on futuristic products which could become a
reality someday. These people are responsible for all the cool stuff
Google comes up with. Case in point, the Google glasses.
5. Research engineer
Salary: $117,900
Google recently became a hardware company and they need seriously
talented people to research in the hardware field. it is a new territory
for Google and they need only the best in the industry to work for them
in this field.
4. Sales engineer
Salary: $118,710
Sales engineers are the technical glue of a technical sale. They are
responsible for letting the customers solve any issues with the product.
Their expertise is required for the success of any product. They earn a
lot for shouldering this responsibility.
3. Product manager
Salary: $119,495
A product manager is the person entirely responsible for a particular
product. He has to work closely with the developers, engineers, sales
and marketing departments and make sure that products become a success.
2. Research scientist
Salary: $121,547
Research scientists work on the fringe products of a company. It is
their knowledge and expertise which helps a tech company come up with
offbeat products that have the capability of changing the world. Their
expertise earns them a more than hefty pay package from Google.
1. Senior software engineer
Salary: $139,084
The gold is earned by the top most software engineers. They are the ones responsible for all the products that Google launches.
