That's not to say it's easy
Stock counts on your w2 income
Unvested or deferred stock doesn’t. There are many people with much higher “total comps” than W-2 stats suggest.
to second point, yes, but mostly because of (1) capital gains, and (2) the ability to access liquidity w/o realizing capital gains
unvested stock is not income, it's potential future income and when it vests it counts as income on your w2
Stock counts on your w2 income
Unvested or deferred stock doesn’t. There are many people with much higher “total comps” than W-2 stats suggest.
to second point, yes, but mostly because of (1) capital gains, and (2) the ability to access liquidity w/o realizing capital gains
unvested stock is not income, it's potential future income and when it vests it counts as income on your w2