Interns At Twitter And Facebook Make $6,000 A Month

Interns At Twitter And Facebook Make A Crazy Amount Of Money
The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on the facade of the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Twitter Inc. surged 85 percent in its trading debut, as investors paid a premium for its promises of fast growth. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on the facade of the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Twitter Inc. surged 85 percent in its trading debut, as investors paid a premium for its promises of fast growth. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Bloomberg via Getty Images

The campaign to pay interns a liveable wage is gaining momentum in the UK, but one place it doesn't appear to be required is in Silicon Valley where - it turns out - interns probably make more than you.

A survey of interns' pay at several top tech firms by Glassdoor.com has revealed that the average salary of many graduate entry-level employees in top tech firms is higher than the average UK take-home pay.

Top of the list is tech firm Palantir, which pays its support engineer interns an average base pay of $7,012 a month.

Second is VM Ware, which pays just under $7,000 for its graduate interns, followed by Twitter which gives its software engineering interns a pay of $6,791.

Here is the rest of the top 10, as compiled by Glassdoor and HuffPost US.

10. Apple

Average monthly base pay: $5,723, Apple Software Engineering Intern (Cupertino, CA.)

9. Google

Average monthly base pay: $5,969, Google Software Engineer Intern (New York, NY.)

8. Exxon Mobil

Average monthly base pay: $5,972, Exxon Mobil Intern (Houston, TX.)

7. Ebay Inc.

Average monthly base pay: $6,126, eBay Inc. Intern (San Jose, CA.)

6. Microsoft

Average monthly base pay: $6,138, Microsoft Research Intern (Redmond, WA.)

5. Facebook

Average monthly base pay: $6,213, Facebook Software Engineering Intern (Palo Alto, CA.)

4. LinkedIn

Average monthly base pay: $6,230, LinkedIn Intern

3. Twitter

Average monthly base pay: $6,791, Twitter Software Engineering Intern (New York, NY.)

2. VMware

Average monthly base pay: $6,966, VMWare Graduate Intern (Palo Alto, CA.)

1. Palantir

Average monthly base pay: $7,012, Palantir Support Engineer Intern (Palo Alto, CA.)

Close

What's Hot