Facebook Interns Averaging $6,200 a Month [REPORT]

Willing to work for virtually free to land an internship at a prestigious company? You might not have to work for pennies if you go after a gig at Facebook.
According to career site Glassdoor.com, software engineer interns at Facebook can bring in up to $8,700 a
month — the equivalent of what would be $104,400 a year. However, the site notes that the average salary for a software engineer intern is about $6,036 a month, a Glassdoor spokesperson told Mashable.

SEE ALSO: How Employers Are Paying in 2012 [INFOGRAPHIC] The average pay for other non-software engineer interns at the company is about $5,862 for this year alone. But if hired full time, Facebook software engineers garner about $111,453 a year, while senior engineers can bring in about $132,000, according to Glassdoor.
Facebook declined Mashable’s request for comment.
However, it’s important to note that software engineer interns typically earn a high salary. In fact, the average software engineer intern at Google gets paid $5,991 a month, and Exxon Mobil tops the list with $6,508 a month. Other top-paying tech companies for interns include Amazon ($5,489 a month), Microsoft ($5,462) and Apple ($4,770). Other companies gracing the list include Yahoo, BP, Intuit and Dell.
Overall, the average software engineer intern earns about $5,666 a month, Glassdoor said.

Are you surprised interns at tech companies are getting paid so much? Do you think the salary range is what it should be? Let us know your opinion in the comments.

Article courtsey Mashable.com