<prompt> Human: I have been in the working world for about 3 years. I knew that bonuses existed, but I had no clue they were this ubiquitous. I work as an engineer in a relatively high demand, but lower skill job front end developer.I heard a friend of mine say, someone in your position should be making at least 90k and get a bonus every year for 10 of their salary... I am way below that in salary and have never even seen a bonus.Is this true? Is it just a big corporation thing? I find it incredibly hard to believe that they just give you some 9k for virtually no reason when they dont have to.If it is true, who would I even talk to? It seems rude to bring up, especially given Ive only worked at my current company for four months. I am very interested to know, though.  <response>: As far as salary, compensation should always scale with cost of living and experience. If you live in bay area and are making less than 90 as a front end developer theres a big problem. If you live in Nebraska and making 75k ie way below 90k, theres a good chance your compensation is reasonable or above average. Likewise, an entry level person is going to be making much less than someone with more experience.Bonuses both prevalence and magnitude are dependent on the company you work for. Your friend likely has hisher mindset of 10 because heshe worked at a company that regularly gave 10. If your friend works at the same company you do, then I would take the comments more seriously. If not, take it with a massive grain of salt.My advice would be to go to payscale.com or glassdoor.com and look up salaries for your field, your experience, and your location. If you work for a large company youll likely be able to find specific salaries at that company. But you should be able to get a sense of whether or not youre being compensated adequately. Honestly, this is something you should have done before taking the job. But your main concern seems to be about the bonus. Bonuses tend to be heavily dependent on performance, have you received favorable performance reviews? Is your company and department doing well financially? 