In London, Google was paying GBP 70-80K, same for Skype/Microsoft.
That seems low for London since it's also a city with high living costs... Do they give any other extra benefits, or what about bonus/stock?
Surely there is a big range of salary from intern -> managing director? Does "the mean" matter in this discussion?
That was for experienced engineers.
I think you must be referring to base pay, not bonus or equity, which is a very large part of total compensation.
Yes, but Switzerland is a special case in general. Even post-docs (research assistants) at academic institutions have near six-figure salaries (CHF 85K, in quite theoretic field). A lot of non-hype tech companies provide six-figure salaries for engineers. I can't imagine any non-junior engineer to relocate to Zurich for anything below that.
Glassdoor doesn't look at the tax differences (use a tax calculator), the fact that Google gives you 8.5% pension that you can use either to buy a flat (I have done it from my Swiss pension money), create a company or use it in emergency, and also you can take it out (after paying taxes) if you leave the country. Also I don't believe the 200k pound figure for Facebook London as a median compensation package. Can somebody confirm it?
No, I meant pretty average/standard within Switzerland, compared to other [non-hyped] Swiss companies.