Curious what market rate would be for my role: Head of HR for a tech start up, nationwide/remote company based out of Pittsburgh. I’m the first HR and run everything except payroll. Responsible for building comp program.career pathing, emerging leaders program, performance program, all recruiting/onboarding, L&D, etc. Thecompany is scaling and high growth. I have SPHR-SCP and 15 years experience in corporate and small companies. Currently at $102K base + 20% incentive. Seems low to me, thoughts?

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You’re lowballed for sure but not uncommon in start-ups. Based on your additional context, since you’re head of HR and reporting directly to CEO, you should be at least be $130-$150 base and bonus is reasonable but may increase with size and scope of role as you start to manage a bigger team. More equity/LTI is usually in this role when in a start-up with a very small company. After benchmark and research, I’d recommend a conversation with your leader on your thoughts after research and the plan forward to get you there. The risk is high for the company if they are to lose you during this development phase.

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Very good advice and confirms what I’ve been thinking. Much appreciated!

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How many people are on your team + how big is the company?

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Low - 130 base minimum

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Agree, it’s low. I think $130-140k base makes sense.

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Employee and size of company how long you’ve been around, what the role requires such as setting up process systems framework , all of that matters for comp ranges - what is the experience you are looking for ? Number of years ? Leadership ? Does this person need experience being part of a growing firm before? A lot of aspects come in play

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Seems low but how big is the company?

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Company is 50 ppl. I have 15 years HR experience, joined them about 8 months ago. They didn’t have requirements for what they were looking for, no job description or comp range when I interviewed. Leadership role reporting to CEO, working very closely with the XLT. Setting up all processes and frameworks, there’s nothing in place.

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I think with 15 years of relevant HR experience that base is low for any company as Head of HR for that size and growing you should be nothing below $130k however the bonus is at industry range

Start ups do their best to save money where they can so not entirely surprised but executives are willing to take a pay cut at times to get the chance of coming in and helping set everything up I think given that you report to the CEO just have a conversation with them
With start ups they try balance it with some LTIP (phantom equity or some sort of long term incentive) maybe try request that

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