HACKER Q&A
📣 startupsalaries

How much do you make at a startup?


I recently joined an early-stage startup and while I feel like I come out of negotiations with a fair compensation package, I was sorely disappointed by the lack of public information on how much startup employees can expect to make. While there was some information (e.g., the Andreesen Horowitz salary leak), most of it was outdated, incomplete, or not clearly from a reliable source.

In an effort to make this more transparent for others in a similar situation, I’m hoping to collect and publicize compensation details from current startup employees. If you currently work at a startup, please fill out the attached form in as much detail as you can and feel comfortable with. Note that while the questions are somewhat targeted at US-based employees because that’s what I’m most familiar with, this information should be equally valuable for other locations and I encourage those working elsewhere to fill out the form and suggest changes/questions that would make this information more relevant for you.

The responses to this form are available at the second link, and please feel free to comment with suggestions of other questions to add!

Survey: https://forms.gle/imnTvSV35UjY5EC28

Results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZX_bcVE9bbuFbz20N4fMbFYVgltxsVeFpQ7gXlJpBrI/edit?usp=sharing


  👤 avl999 Accepted Answer ✓
The developer at timestamp "10/21/2019 10:24:14" with 10 years of experience making $85,000 in the US with 0 equity, can you please explain yours situation? ;)


👤 zamadatix

👤 NoNameProvided
I am never sure, when it's not explicitly stated, so can somebody clarify it for me? These are gross or net annual base salaries? If gross, then what how much taxation is on it usually in the US? (As the majority of responses comes from the US currently)

👤 jessicapssilva
At Codacy, we have a public salary calculator on our careers page: https://www.codacy.com/careers

As well as a blog post with the detailed process: https://www.codacy.com/blog/open-salary-transparency-culture...

Check it out!


👤 jammygit
No options for Canadians

👤 skellera
This is somewhat related but does anyone know what the market rate for a mid level backend services dev in Seattle is? I’m looking but it’s a little hard to find a range.

👤 EvanWard97
Thanks for doing this!