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Senior · 6+ years
Australia
Total cost to company
$240,715
Year one, all-in
- Base salary
- $170,000
- Superannuation (12%)
- $20,400
- Workers compensation
- $2,550
- Payroll tax (NSW)
- $9,265
- Recruiting fee (20%)
- $34,000
- Equipment and other
- $4,500
- Equity or options
- Varies
Philippines
Total cost to company
$75,000
$6,250 a month, all-in. Estimated for this role.
- Benefits
- Included
- Payroll and compliance
- Included
- Legal and IP
- Included
- Engineer-led vetting
- Included
- Recruiting
- Included
- Equipment and IT
- Included
- Replacement any time
- Included
Annual saving with Cloud Employee
$165,715 a year
That's $13,810 back every month
69%
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What we handle, so you don't
- Legal, payroll and taxEmployment handled in-country
- Engineer-led vettingSenior engineers, not recruiters
- Time zone overlapYour hours, your standups
- IP and contractsYour code stays yours
- Performance coachingProblems surface early
- Learning and developmentWhy 97% stay past two years
Base salary sits at the top of Glassdoor's Sydney base range of $130,000-$169,000 and inside HackerX's senior Sydney band of $135,000-$180,000. Recruiting fee shown at 20%, paid on start day. Superannuation at the 12% Guarantee rate, workers compensation at 1.5%, payroll tax at the NSW rate of 5.45% which applies above the state threshold. Paid leave is excluded because salaried staff are paid the same whether on leave or not. Figures reflect Sydney and Melbourne. Equity and share options are excluded from the total. Cloud Employee figures are all-in.
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