eBay
San Jose, CA · founded 1995
eBay is one of the original e-commerce companies, headquartered in San Jose, and it has settled into being a mature, profitable marketplace rather than a growth story. After spinning off PayPal and later its classifieds business, it has focused on 'focus categories' like collectibles, refurbished goods, auto parts and luxury, leaning on authentication and enthusiast communities. The culture is stable and pragmatic, and the standout perk is genuinely unusual: four weeks of paid sabbatical for every five years of service, plus strong charitable-giving matching and flexible hybrid/remote work. Benefits are dependable rather than flashy, with stock purchase plans, stock awards and retirement plans. The trade-off is that this is a slow-growth legacy marketplace, so the excitement is lower and the stability is higher. A good fit for people who value work-life balance, sabbaticals and a steady San Jose employer.
see the full file on eBaydocumented benefits (19)
| Stock purchase plan | yes |
|---|---|
| Equity | RSU |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Sabbatical | yes |
| Sabbatical after | 5 |
| Fully remote roles | yes |
| Charitable donation match | yes |
| Donation match cap | $10,000 |
| Median filed wage | $203,940 |
| Gender pay gap, median | 1.5% |
| Gender pay gap, mean | -6.5% |
| Bonus gap, median | 8.9% |
| Women in the top pay quartile | 58% |
| Women in the workforce | 48.2% |
| Publicly traded | yes |
| Funding stage | Public |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
what eBay pays
Median of 104 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $203,940.
Half of eBay's certified filings fall between $167,040 and $240,000.
| role | median | filings | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| mts 1, software engineer | $203,424 | 13 filings | $165,000 to $215,000 |
| software engineer 3 | $175,190 | 12 filings | $145,000 to $183,726 |
| mts 2, software engineer | $220,000 | 9 filings | $156,777 to $244,578 |
| sr. mts, software engineer | $270,977 | 5 filings | $269,156 to $275,000 |
| manager, software development 2 | $245,519 | 4 filings | $232,826 to $250,000 |
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- Credit union membership open to employees
- Employee-led volunteer groups organize local giving and volunteering worldwide
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by eBay. It applies to every employer in CA.
| IVF cycles the state covers | California requires IVF from 1 January 2026, and only from large employers. SB 729 (2024) rewrote Health and Safety Code § 1374.55 so that a large group health care service plan contract 'issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, shall provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility and fertility services, including a maximum of three completed oocyte retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers', following ASRM guidelines and using single embryo transfer where medically appropriate. Large group means 100 or more employees. Small group plans need only be OFFERED the coverage rather than provide it, religious employers are excluded, Medi-Cal managed care is exempt, and CalPERS plans are delayed to 1 July 2027. The original 1 July 2025 date was pushed back a budget trailer bill, AB 116 (2025). THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: a state insurance mandate binds only fully insured plans. A self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted, and KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers — 80% at firms of 200 or more — in a self-funded plan. At most large California employers this law therefore does not apply, and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (Senate Bill 729 (2024), which repealed and added Section 1374.55 of the Health and Safety Code and amended Section 10119.6 of the Insurance Code; the operative date was moved from 1 July 2025 to 1 January 2026 by Assembly Bill 116 (2025).) |
|---|---|
| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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