Founding Team salary: $190K median
From 30 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$190Kmedian advertised salary
$162K – $265Kmiddle half of roles
$218Kaverage advertised salary
30roles counted
Founding Team salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $240K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸California | $240K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $192K | 29 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open Founding Team roles
All founding team jobs- Founding Full Stack Software Engineer, LegalOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445K
- Founding Software Engineer, Physical EngineeringOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445K
- Founding Go-To-Market (GTM)Pika · 🇺🇸Palo Alto HQ$200K - $350K
- Founding Account Executive, Talent Solutions - EnterpriseMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$250K - $350KSAP
- Founding Account ExecutivePilot · 🇺🇸New York, NY$240K - $320K
- Founding Product Manager, Agentic CommerceMesh · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California or New York, New York$230K - $300KRails
- Staff Android Engineer (Founding)Grow Therapy · 🇺🇸San Francisco$217K - $289KLeadKotlinAndroidCI/CD
- Senior Staff Software Engineer, Founding BMCCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$237K - $288KLeadPythonC++Linux
- Enterprise Account Executive (Founding Team)Apollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$250K - $280KRemoteHubSpot
- Founding Account Executive, Talent Solutions - Mid-MarketMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $280K
- Founding Account ExecutivePilot · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$204K - $272K
- Founding Forward Deployed EngineerAlloy · 🇺🇸New York City, Remote$141K - $250KRemoteGoPythonTypeScript
- Founding Solutions EngineerScalar · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$125K - $250KGoPythonTypeScript
- Founding Account ExecutiveScalar · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$125K - $250KHubSpot
- Founding GTM, T:0Airwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$150K - $220K
- Technical Recruiter (Founding Team)Pallet · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $220K
- Founding Commercial Account ManagerHex · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $215KFigmaSnowflake
- Business/GTM Recruiter (Founding Team)Pallet · 🇺🇸San Francisco$140K - $210K
- Founding DesignerMagic · 🇺🇸New York City$160K - $200K
- Founding Engineer, Unit 26SharkNinja · 🇺🇸Needham, MA, United States$115K - $200KPythonTypeScriptC#
Questions about Founding Team pay
- What is the average Founding Team salary?
- $218K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 30 open Founding Team postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $162K to $265K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Founding Team pay?
- OpenAI ($396K), Pallet ($175K), Magic ($145K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Founding Team roles at tech companies is $190K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $162K to $265K. Counted from 30 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/founding-team/
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