They usually keep this information secret. Silicon Valley bosses keep a closed lid on what they make. Their take-home is hidden from the public, even more hidden from the rank-and-file.

BusinessInsider recently published Andreessen Horowitz data of “annual surveys of more than two-dozen executive search firms about more than 4,000 job offers that are made to executives across roughly 30 different roles”. The positions range from CEO to senior vice president of technology to general counsel. Accordingly, the data was published in 2017 and corresponds to job offers made up to 2016.

“The median salary offer for a Series C consumer CEO is $325,000, and they should expect a 50% bonus and a 6% equity grant. A senior director of engineering at a Series A startup might take home $200,000 in cash, and just 0.58% equity in their business. A vice-president of sales at a late-stage, Series D (or later) enterprise company is raking in $242,500 in base salary, but their total cash take-home is around $450,000. And so on.” -via BI

Of course, the data is applicable to only companies that have secured outside funding.

You may also find helpful The Race for Top Talent, Equity Vesting Schedules May be the Next Battleground published by Radford.


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