Meta Salaries Revealed: How Much Engineers, Researchers Made in 2025
Business Insider • • general
Key Points:
- In 2025, Meta aggressively hired AI talent, offering base salaries up to $450,000 for software engineers, $400,000 for research engineers, and $348,000 for product managers, excluding bonuses and stock options.
- Analysis of over 5,800 H-1B and work visa applications reveals most new hires earned between $150,000 and $250,000, with senior technical roles commanding significant premiums.
- About half of the H-1B visa positions were for software engineering roles, with some executives, like a VP of AI, earning base salaries as high as $650,000.
- These base salaries do not account for additional compensation such as stock options and bonuses, which can multiply total pay, with some high-level researchers reportedly receiving packages exceeding $100 million.
- Despite the hiring spree, Meta's H-1B visa filings dropped by roughly 50% in late 2025 due to stricter visa policies, and the company also laid off staff in certain units like Reality Labs.
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