Big Bonuses for Top IT Talent

Google is paying top dollar to convince some of its top employees to stay put.

Dice.com reports that Google is paying upwards of $150 million in retention bonuses to some mid-level managers to keep them from jumping to potential competitors. Google employees also saw a 10 percent across-the-board raise last year.

In addition, tech salaries overall are rising, particularly as the demand for talent creeps up, Dice reports.

The Office of Personnel Management reported last year that in 2008, agencies paid out 970 incentives totaling $9.9 million to retain IT managers. The average incentive payment overall was $7,209, OPM reported.

How do your skills and federal salary stack up? Are your skills, salary and perks keeping with the pace of demand for tech talent?