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$10k per Month Internships Are a Thing in Silicon Valley
Roblox leads the pack on intern salaries in 2022
Make the intern do it. That’s a common refrain in many industries when taking on an internship is associated with tasks like getting coffee, filing papers, and otherwise putting in your time while working your way towards something better. Many internships are unpaid, which means that interns have to do all these unfulfilling things while earning nothing at all.
Not in Silicon Valley. According to a recent study by Glassdoor, a job-hunting company, many of the best internships in America are at tech companies in Silicon Valley. In keeping with the region’s sky-high cost of living, and even higher salaries, interns at some tech companies make nearly $10,000 per month or over $120k per year.
Roblox, a video game maker, had the honor of offering the highest intern salaries in 2022, with a median salary of $9,667 per month. Since that’s a median value, some Roblox interns are almost certainly exceeding $10k per month, or even more.
Other companies with high-paid internships include Uber, Capital One, Salesforce, Amazon, Meta (the company originally called Facebook), and Nvidia. With the exception of Capital One, a financial firm, all the top companies are tech companies, and many are located in…
