Are tech companies still paying interns over forty dollars an hour in the current market or should I adjust my summer living budget expectations downward?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Are tech companies still paying interns over forty dollars an hour in the current market or should I adjust my summer living budget expectations downward?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 software engineering internship hourly pay rates technology companies intern salary 2026 United StatesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
2026 tech internship compensation hourly wages intern postings Microsoft Google Meta Amazon NvidiaGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
2026 internship salary survey computer science engineering hourly pay NACEGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
2026 software engineering internship hourly pay rates technology companies intern salary 2026 United States Google ↗
2026 tech internship compensation hourly wages intern postings Microsoft Google Meta Amazon Nvidia Google ↗
2026 internship salary survey computer science engineering hourly pay NACE Google ↗
- Hourly Wage for Interns Climbs but Is Down Over Last 10 Years in Real Terms · naceweb.org
- Intern & New Grad Pay by Company (October 2026) · earlytechroles.com
- Software engineer internships: 395 Open at 216 Companies · elegylabs.com
- internship for 2026 jobs in Netflix · explore.jobs.netflix.net
- Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) @ Gusto · jobs.generalcatalyst.com
- Software Engineering Intern - Connected Systems (Fall 2026) @ Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies · jobs.ashbyhq.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 software engineering internship hourly pay rates technology companies intern salary 2026 United States OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 tech internship compensation hourly wages intern postings Microsoft Google Meta Amazon Nvidia OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 internship salary survey computer science engineering hourly pay NACE OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Short fact | — | — | 1x of 1 |