Not just you. These numbers are seriously inflated. I think it's for a few reasons:
1) Selection bias - people with larger comp packages are more likely to report their earnings.
2) Ego - people tend to embellish their reported wages.
3) People are reporting capital gains on their stock grants as income. If you started as a L4 3 years ago, I don't doubt you are making 250k with the growth Alphabet has experienced. If you start as an L4 today I guarantee the average is below 200k.
1) Selection bias - people with larger comp packages are more likely to report their earnings.
2) Ego - people tend to embellish their reported wages.
3) People are reporting capital gains on their stock grants as income. If you started as a L4 3 years ago, I don't doubt you are making 250k with the growth Alphabet has experienced. If you start as an L4 today I guarantee the average is below 200k.