Startup Salaries

What startups pay, by role, city and company, from the pay their live postings state: base salary as the employer writes it, on roles still taking applications.

13,778 live roles state payat 3,825 companiesChecked dailyUpdated

Median base pay at startups

$163Ka year

The median of 12,100 live startup postings that state pay in US dollars, every role together, as of October 2026. Each posting counts at the middle of its range.

Middle half of postings
$120K–$203K
One in ten pays over
$250K
A typical posted range
$140K–$182K
Median $163K
  • Under $80K: 818 postings
  • $80K–$100K: 958 postings
  • $100K–$120K: 1162 postings
  • $120K–$140K: 1357 postings
  • $140K–$160K: 1476 postings
  • $160K–$180K: 1611 postings
  • $180K–$200K: 1394 postings
  • $200K–$220K: 1071 postings
  • $220K–$240K: 791 postings
  • $240K–$260K: 474 postings
  • $260K–$280K: 338 postings
  • $280K–$300K: 222 postings
  • $300K and up: 428 postings
Middle half of postingsThe restEach bar counts postings by the middle of their posted range.

By role

Highest median first. Each role's page breaks it down by level, city and company.

MedianMiddle half10th to 90th percentile

By city

Each in the currency its postings use. Pounds, euros and Canadian dollars aren't converted.

MedianMiddle half10th to 90th percentile

  • Remote$161K
    $120K–$202K · 5,433 postings
  • San Francisco$200K
    $160K–$241K · 1,239 postings
  • New York$165K
    $120K–$210K · 1,378 postings
  • London£80K
    £59K–£105K · 147 postings
  • TorontoCA$135K
    CA$100K–CA$174K · 98 postings
  • Berlin€87K
    €73K–€98K · 25 postings

The highest-paying companies

Companies with at least ten live postings stating pay in US dollars, by their median.

MedianMiddle half10th to 90th percentile

Salaries by company

The companies with the most live roles stating pay, each with every role and its range.

Anduril Industries430Shield AI129SpaceX128Anthropic122Samsara95Relativity Space79Crusoe78Speechify78Affirm72Harvey71Cleara67DoorDash67Accenture Federal Services65Whoop65Brex61Braze57Coinbase53Toast53Verkada53Grafana Labs52Reddit50GitLab47Databricks45Horizon3441Password43Raydar42Zscaler41Cloudflare39Oscar38Pinterest38Gusto37Mercury36Immunome35TalentPluto35Justworks34CHAOS Industries33Fanatics33Veeva Systems33Atoms32Notion32Okta32Airbnb31Instacart29Axon28True Anomaly28Mozilla27Abnormal AI26Engine26Via26Aurora25Hightouch25Roblox25Docker24Figma23Garner Health23LiveRamp23Mineralys Therapeutics23AlphaSense22Cribl22Decagon22

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Common questions

What's the average salary at a startup?

As of October 2026, the median base pay across 12,100 live startup postings that state pay in US dollars is $163K a year. The middle half pay between $120K and $203K. It varies most by role: see each role's page for its figures by level and city.

Which startup roles pay the most?

By median advertised base pay, Engineering Manager ($239K), Legal Counsel ($215K), Machine Learning Engineer ($210K) and Founding Engineer ($205K).

Which companies pay the most?

Among companies with at least ten live postings stating pay in US dollars, the highest medians are at Thinking Machines Lab ($375K), Anthropic ($345K), Polymarket ($325K) and Pinterest ($271K).

Where do these figures come from?

From the postings themselves: the pay range each employer states, on roles still taking applications, which we check against the company's own careers page every day. Each posting counts once, at the middle of its range. Postings that don't state pay are left out, and no currency is converted into another.