Just finished my new grad search and got an Uber offer. Decided to take it. Sharing everything because I spent weeks hunting for this info and most posts I found were from 2023 or earlier.
Uber L3 (new grad SWE), SF, offer dated May 2026: Base: $170k Equity: $280k over 4 years, annual vesting after the 1-year cliff Bonus target: 10% of base ($17k target) Sign-on: $20k
Year 1 total: roughly $357k on paper. In practice depends a lot on stock and whether your team actually hits perf targets.
For context I also had offers from two other companies. One was higher on base but no sign-on. One was lower on everything but better WLB rep. I went with Uber partly for the team and partly because the SF L3 base band felt more competitive than I expected.
A few things I didn't realize going in: The L3 band at Uber is relatively wide. A friend who joined the same cohort at L3 but had a competing offer got $185k base. I didn't negotiate and I think I left money on the table. If you have any other offer, use it. Uber's entry level interview is a standard two-round phone screen plus a 4-round onsite. Leetcode medium-to-hard, system design lite (more high-level for new grads), and a behavioral round. They care about coding speed more than I expected. New grad onboarding cohorts are real. You're not just dropped on a team alone. There's a ramp-up period and rotation options on some orgs.
Overall the total comp is strong for new grad. Just negotiate. I was too scared to push back and in retrospect that was silly.