We’ve all heard about the perks that Google employee’s have including free massages and gourmet meals but how about the salary… I was just browsing digg and came across The Googlenairs - What are salaries like at Google? All I can say is WOW! this is some mad cash.

In summary the salary numbers look like this:

Google Programmer in Phoenix - $174,000/year
Google Programmer in California - $197,000/year
Google Programmer in Chicago - $222,000/year
Google Programmer in New York - $242,000/year

In summary some of the perks include:

• 1) Google will pay $8,000 / year for you to continue your education. They just require you get at least ‘B’s in your classes.
• 2) If you refer another employee to Google’s staff and they stay for 60 days, Google will pay your $2,000
• 3) If you are thinking about adopting a kid, Google will contribute $5,000 towards all the legal and adoption fees.
• 4) Depending how long you have worked at Google you can get up to 25 days (almost a month) paid vacation a year!