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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
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
Engineering lead $119,000 $119,000 0.04% $35,000 $35,000 London 10.0 0.5 Seed 1-10 employees $88M 2022/03
Engineering lead $160,000 $160,000 1.4% - - Remote US 4.0 0.0 Pre-Seed 1-10 employees - 2022/02

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Combination of private submissions and private benchmarks. Exact submission date is listed under "Date" column. All submissions are vetted for accuracy.

It's your % ownership of the startup. Calculated one of two ways:
• Your total # of shares ÷ Fully diluted outstanding shares x 100 — confirm that it's fully diluted; otherwise, your stake will look higher than it truly is
• Current value of your shares ÷ current company valuation x 100 — 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 — 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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