LinkedIn: Free Startup Compensation Data to Help Your Job Search

Help your friend land a job in startups.

We know getting a role at a startup is harder today than it has been for awhile. Many startups are keeping headcount low and scrutinizing every new hire closely. As much as we'd like to, we can't change the pace of hiring.

BUT - we can give every startup job seeker the gift of data!

Free and accurate numbers for salary and equity compensation they can expect in the role they're interviewing for right now.

And all you need to do is visit the webpage: carta . com / friend

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝗽𝘂𝘁:

  • Job Area (Marketing, Sales, Eng, etc)

  • Job Level (Entry through VP)

  • Location (if you're remote, choose the nearest US city)

  • Company Valuation (doesn't need to be exact)

𝗪𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂:

  • 25th / 50th / 75th percentiles for salary in that role (in $USD)

  • 25th / 50th / 75th percentiles for equity in that role (in % of company shares)

This tool is mostly for job seekers, but if you're a startup founder looking to benchmark one role we won't mind 😇. Note that you can only get one band per day from the page.

Peter Walker
Author: Peter Walker
Peter Walker runs the Insights team at Carta, focused on discovering key data and narratives across the private capital ecosystem. In a former life, he was a marketing executive for a media analytics startup and led the data visualization team at the Covid Tracking Project.

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