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Title Salary Hide salary, order only Equity % Equity $ Hide equity, order only Location Total YOE Years at Startup Stage Size Valuation Date
Senior software engineer $224,000 $224,000 0.3% $600,000 $600,000 Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $200M 2025/06
Software engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.11% $55,000 $55,000 Remote 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $50M 2025/04
Senior software engineer $195,000 $195,000 0.05% $67,500 $67,500 Remote 8.0 0.0 Series A 101-200 employees $135M 2025/04
Senior software engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.5% $325,000 $325,000 Remote US 7.0 0.5 Series A 1-10 employees $65M 2025/04
VP of Engineering $290,000 $290,000 0.32% $700,000 $700,000 Remote US 9.0 1.0 Series A 51-100 employees $219M 2025/02
Software engineer $155,000 $155,000 0.1% $51,000 $51,000 Remote US 4.0 4.0 Series A 11-50 employees $51M 2024/12
Engineering manager $270,000 $270,000 0.14% $487,000 $487,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $348M 2024/10
Staff software engineer $225,000+$10K $225,000 0.14% $700,000+$80K $700,000 Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $500M 2024/09
Staff software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.3% $1,500,000+$325K $1,500,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $500M 2024/09
Senior software engineer $230,000 $230,000 0.15% $262,000+$62K $262,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $175M 2024/07
Staff software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.25% $150,000 $150,000 Remote US 9.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $60M 2024/07
Software engineer $275,000 $275,000 0.17% $1,100,000 $1,100,000 Remote US 11.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $647M 2024/06
Senior software engineer $245,000+$34K $245,000 0.14% $50,000 $50,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $36M 2024/04
Software engineer $185,000 $185,000 0.18% $200,000 $200,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $111M 2024/03
Senior software engineer $220,000+$15K $220,000 0.4% $400,000+$90K $400,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 1-10 employees $100M 2023/12
Software engineer $250,000 $250,000 0.32% $320,000 $320,000 Remote US 13.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2023/11
Principal engineer $250,000 $250,000 0.3% $600,000 $600,000 Remote US 18.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $200M 2023/09
Senior software engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.09% $90,000 $90,000 Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2023/09
Hardware engineer $175,000 $175,000 0.12% $300,000 $300,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 101-200 employees $250M 2023/09
Senior software engineer $170,000 $170,000 0.2% $130,000 $130,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $65M 2023/09
Senior software engineer $190,000 $190,000 0.224% $280,000 $280,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $125M 2023/08
Senior DevOps engineer $165,000 $165,000 0.27% $80,000 $80,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $30M 2023/07
Principal engineer $265,000+$46K $265,000 0.3% $240,000+$50K $240,000 Remote US 11.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $80M 2023/05
Staff software engineer $230,000+$25K $230,000 1.1% $220,000+$15K $220,000 Remote US 13.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $20M 2023/05
VP of Engineering $225,000 $225,000 4.2% $2,100,000 $2,100,000 Remote US 15.0 2.0 Series A 51-100 employees $50M 2023/05
Principal engineer $250,000 $250,000 0.3% $750,000 $750,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $250M 2023/03
Software engineer $125,000 $125,000 0.025% $15,000 $15,000 Remote US 2.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $60M 2023/03
Senior machine learning engineer $170,000 $170,000 0.14% $6,250 $6,250 Remote US 5.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $4M 2023/02
Director of engineering $195,000 $195,000 0.055% $33,000 $33,000 Remote US 15.0 1.5 Series A 11-50 employees $60M 2023/02
Head of Product $180,000 $180,000 0.2% $200,000 $200,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2023/02
Full stack engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.038% $57,000 $57,000 Remote US 4.0 1.5 Series A 11-50 employees $150M 2023/01
Software engineer $140,000 $140,000 0.12% $120,000 $120,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2023/01
Senior software engineer $215,000+$10K $215,000 0.1% $1,000,000+$250K $1,000,000 Remote US 9.0 0.0 Series A 101-200 employees $1B 2023/01
Software engineer $225,000 $225,000 0.02% $100,000 $100,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $500M 2023/01
Software engineer $185,000+$16K $185,000 0.2% $170,000+$50K $170,000 Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $85M 2023/01
Staff hardware engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.14% $140,000 $140,000 Remote US 12.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/12
Staff software engineer $215,000 $215,000 0.1% $200,000+$100K $200,000 Remote US 11.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $200M 2022/11
Software engineer $135,000 $135,000 0.2% $360,000 $360,000 Remote Canada 11.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $180M 2022/11
Senior software engineer $205,000 $205,000 0.067% $200,000 $200,000 Remote US 9.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $299M 2022/11
Staff software engineer $170,000 $170,000 0.34% $1,200,000 $1,200,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $353M 2022/10
CTO $210,000 $210,000 1.0% $50,000 $50,000 Remote US 20.0 5.0 Series A 51-100 employees $5M 2022/10
Senior software engineer $310,000 $310,000 0.6% $600,000 $600,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $100M 2022/10
Senior full stack engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.5% $2,000,000 $2,000,000 Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $400M 2022/10
Software engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.1% $800,000 $800,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $800M 2022/10
Machine learning engineer $140,000 $140,000 0.2% $128,000 $128,000 Remote US 1.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $64M 2022/09
VP of Engineering $170,000 $170,000 0.89% $250,000 $250,000 Remote Germany 20.0 1.5 Series A 51-100 employees $28M 2022/09
Software engineer $165,000 $165,000 0.03% $90,000 $90,000 Remote US 1.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $300M 2022/09
Engineering manager $135,000 $135,000 0.027% $40,000 $40,000 Remote UK 12.0 1.0 Series A 101-200 employees $148M 2022/09
Senior backend engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.4% $100,000 $100,000 Remote US 5.0 0.5 Series A 11-50 employees $25M 2022/08
Chief software architect $340,000 $340,000 0.093% $280,000 $280,000 Remote US 15.0 2.0 Series A 51-100 employees $301M 2022/08
Senior backend engineer $207,000 $207,000 0.06% $60,000 $60,000 Remote US 3.0 0.0 Series A 201-500 employees $100M 2022/08
CTO $250,000 $250,000 1.0% $1,000,000 $1,000,000 Remote US 12.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/08
Senior frontend engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.09% $72,000 $72,000 Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $80M 2022/07
Senior backend engineer $165,000 $165,000 0.1% $80,000 $80,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $80M 2022/07
Frontend engineer $135,000 $135,000 0.1% $80,000 $80,000 Remote US 2.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $80M 2022/07
Lead software engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.3% $300,000 $300,000 Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/07
Senior frontend engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.1% $75,000 $75,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $75M 2022/07
Senior DevOps engineer $250,000 $250,000 0.12% $90,000 $90,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $75M 2022/07
Software engineer $230,000 $230,000 0.4% $400,000 $400,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/07
Data engineering lead $175,000 $175,000 0.25% $150,000 $150,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $60M 2022/06
Data engineer $130,000 $130,000 0.08% $50,000 $50,000 Remote 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $62M 2022/06
Senior hardware engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.06% $300,000 $300,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $500M 2022/06
Lead software engineer $100,000 $100,000 0.017% $83,000 $83,000 Remote US 5.0 5.0 Series A 51-100 employees $488M 2022/06
Backend engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.22% $200,000 $200,000 Remote 4.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $91M 2022/06
Software engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.19% $190,000 $190,000 Remote US 5.0 1.5 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/05
Senior software engineer $190,000 $190,000 0.25% $62,500 $62,500 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $25M 2022/05
Backend engineer $125,000 $125,000 0.17% $90,000 $90,000 Remote US 2.0 0.0 Series A 1-10 employees $53M 2022/05
Staff software engineer $210,000 $210,000 0.29% $310,000 $310,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $107M 2022/05
Senior engineering manager $170,000 $170,000 0.014% $20,000 $20,000 Remote US 10.0 1.0 Series A 51-100 employees $143M 2022/05
Senior software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.18% $225,000+$37K $225,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $125M 2022/05
Industrial engineer $170,000 $170,000 0.09% $45,000 $45,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $50M 2022/05
Senior backend engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.29% $350,000 $350,000 Remote US 7.0 0.5 Series A 11-50 employees $121M 2022/04
Tech lead $185,000 $185,000 0.25% $450,000 $450,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $180M 2022/04
Staff software engineer $250,000 $250,000 0.25% - - Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 1-10 employees - 2022/04
Senior full stack engineer $72,000 $72,000 0.15% $150,000 $150,000 Remote Europe 10.0 2.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/04
Staff backend engineer $240,000 $240,000 2.0% $1,200,000 $1,200,000 Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 1-10 employees $60M 2022/04
Senior software engineer $185,000 $185,000 0.15% $188,000 $188,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $125M 2022/04
Senior software engineer $175,000 $175,000 0.022% $220,000 $220,000 Remote Canada 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $1B 2022/04
Senior software engineer $180,000 $180,000 0.14% $256,000 $256,000 Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $183M 2022/04
Software engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.6% $55,000 $55,000 Remote 6.0 0.5 Series A 51-100 employees $9M 2022/04
Staff software engineer $275,000 $275,000 0.15% $160,000 $160,000 Remote 6.0 0.5 Series A 51-100 employees $107M 2022/04
Senior backend engineer $130,000 $130,000 0.85% $400,000 $400,000 Remote US 4.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $47M 2022/04
QA lead $165,000 $165,000 0.25% $500,000 $500,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $200M 2022/04
Senior software engineer $135,000 $135,000 0.3% $46,000 $46,000 Remote US 3.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $15M 2022/04
Senior software engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.1% $100,000 $100,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $100M 2022/04
Engineering manager $255,000 $255,000 0.044% $440,000 $440,000 Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees $1B 2022/04
Senior software engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.25% $260,000 $260,000 Remote US 3.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $104M 2022/04
QA lead $175,000 $175,000 0.25% - - Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/04
Senior software engineer $209,000 $209,000 0.088% - - Remote US 12.0 0.0 Series A 101-200 employees - 2022/04
Backend engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.1% - - Remote US 1.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/04
Senior full stack engineer $198,000 $198,000 0.23% - - Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/04
Senior backend engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.2% - - Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/04
CTO $260,000 $260,000 0.8% - - Remote US 22.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/04
Founding software engineer $165,000 $165,000 1.0% $1,500,000 $1,500,000 Remote US 3.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $150M 2022/03
CTO $285,000 $285,000 5.0% - - Remote US 10.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/03
Lead backend engineer $205,000 $205,000 0.5% - - Remote US 6.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/03
Senior iOS developer $190,000 $190,000 0.5% $200,000 $200,000 Remote US 8.0 2.0 Series A 51-100 employees $40M 2022/03
Senior software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.2% $50,000 $50,000 Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $25M 2022/03
Full stack engineer $126,000 $126,000 0.1% $10,000 $10,000 Remote 3.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $10M 2022/03
Staff software engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.22% $60,000 $60,000 Remote US 9.0 2.0 Series A 11-50 employees $27M 2022/03
Staff software engineer $230,000 $230,000 0.15% $130,000 $130,000 Remote US 13.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $87M 2022/03
VP of Engineering $250,000 $250,000 1.0% - - Remote US 15.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/03
Staff software engineer $235,000 $235,000 0.2% $400,000 $400,000 Remote US 7.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $200M 2022/03
Senior software engineer $190,000 $190,000 0.26% - - Remote US 6.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/03
Staff software engineer $200,000 $200,000 1.0% $600,000 $600,000 Remote US 8.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $60M 2022/03
Head of Developer Experience $160,000 $160,000 0.55% $300,000 $300,000 Remote US 6.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees $55M 2022/03
Software engineer $155,000 $155,000 0.056% $12,400 $12,400 Remote US 1.5 1.5 Series A 51-100 employees $22M 2022/02
Senior data engineer $240,000 $240,000 0.06% - - Remote 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Software engineer $164,500 $164,500 0.181% - - Remote US 3.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Staff software engineer $230,000 $230,000 0.18% - - Remote US 13.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Senior backend engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.16% - - Remote US 7.0 1.5 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
CTO $150,000 $150,000 10.0% - - Remote US 6.0 3.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Product engineer $148,000 $148,000 0.025% $200,000 $200,000 Remote US 3.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees $800M 2022/02
Senior software engineer $152,000 $152,000 0.125% $100,000 $100,000 Remote 10.0 3.0 Series A 101-200 employees $80M 2022/02
Senior engineering manager $192,500 $192,500 0.09% $300,000 $300,000 Remote US 15.0 1.0 Series A 101-200 employees $333M 2022/02
Senior software engineer $165,000 $165,000 0.04% - - Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
DevOps engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.01% - - Remote UK 11.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Staff software engineer $253,000 $253,000 0.175% - - Remote US 13.0 0.5 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Senior engineering manager $250,000 $250,000 0.025% - - Remote US 15.0 2.0 Series A 201-500 employees - 2022/02
Staff software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.28% - - Remote 8.0 0.0 Series A 51-100 employees - 2022/02
Machine learning engineer $152,000 $152,000 0.85% - - Remote US 4.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Senior software engineer $160,000 $160,000 0.4% - - Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Senior electrical engineer $175,000 $175,000 0.5% - - Remote US 11.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Senior software engineer $225,000 $225,000 0.45% - - Remote US 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/02
Staff software engineer $150,000 $150,000 0.1% - - Remote US 5.0 2.0 Series A 201-500 employees - 2022/01
Staff software engineer $210,000 $210,000 0.34% - - Remote US 11.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Senior software engineer $130,000 $130,000 0.15% - - Remote US 4.0 4.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Senior software engineer $175,000 $175,000 0.15% - - Remote US 5.0 2.0 Series A 51-100 employees - 2022/01
Senior software engineer $162,000 $162,000 0.002% - - Remote US 6.0 3.0 Series A 201-500 employees - 2022/01
Senior software engineer $220,000 $220,000 0.2% - - Remote US 13.0 1.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Senior frontend engineer $155,000 $155,000 0.35% - - Remote US 5.0 0.5 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Senior backend engineer $190,000 $190,000 0.1% - - Remote 5.0 0.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Lead frontend engineer $115,000 $115,000 0.8% - - Remote US 2.0 0.0 Series A 1-10 employees - 2022/01
Engineering manager $240,000 $240,000 0.3% - - Remote US 11.0 2.0 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01
Backend engineer $200,000 $200,000 0.25% - - Remote US 4.0 0.5 Series A 11-50 employees - 2022/01

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It's your % ownership of the startup. Calculated one of two ways:
โ€ข Your total # of shares รท Fully diluted outstanding shares x 100 โ€” confirm that it's fully diluted; otherwise, your stake will look higher than it truly is
โ€ข Current value of your shares รท current company valuation x 100 โ€” value is based on preferred price (what investors paid); updates with each fundraise

Always make sure you have the numerator and the denominator.

Equity % helps you project what you stand to make. For example, if you have a 1% equity stake in a startup valued at $100M, which eventually IPOs at $1B, your stake will be worth 1% * $1B * dilution rate โ€” dilution rate varies, but a rule of thumb is to assume 10-25% per funding round. This means the earlier you join, the more diluted you'll become. But you'll also have a lower strike price and usually a much bigger % to start with.

TLDR: know your comp band, target a percentile in-line with how strongly the company needs your skillset, and counter based on what you care about most (salary, equity, bonus, benefits).

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