We were also told that paying any developer less than 82k/yr (who is not a founder) puts you at risk of him being considered a non exempt employee, and thus needing to pay overtime, etc.
in the USA if you do not pay more than $1600 per month salary for those who work overt time that computer engineer is an automatic non exempt employee by one particular Federal job act law and there are some more laws on top of that..
California is substantially more aggressive, hence the 82k amount. It varies based on job description. I didn't really dig deeper; this is what I pay out (excellent) law firm and accounting/hr firm for. I was totally unaware of any pay lower bounds other than hourly minimum wage before they brought it up.
