$250K is low: Kind of a "Peak HN" comment :). I was actually going to say it seems kind of high. This looks like it's globally, not just in high COL areas, and across all levels of management, not just Directors and VPs. Kind of surprising the average is that high.
Then again, this is HN, where they say the "average" tech worker in the world makes $400K and drives a Ferrari.
I actually thought the same thing. Maybe the misunderstanding here has to do with what kind of manager. An engineering manager making 250k would be making less than many senior software engineers, but if this also includes many managers of people putting shit in boxes, or the average of the two categories, it would make more sense?
I make more than 250k as an engineer in a small startup. The only reason to join a FAANG is to make much more than 250k. According to levels.fyi an average senior SDE at amazon makes $412k total comp.
Then again, this is HN, where they say the "average" tech worker in the world makes $400K and drives a Ferrari.