H1 Salary

💰 $146K–$189K salary range

Median: $160K  ·  Based on 18 public H1 job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 2026

This H1 salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at H1

• Director, Client Engagement — $180K–$215K · Professional Services
• RVP, Enterprise Sales - Life Sciences — $180K–$210K · Sales Reps
• Staff Data Engineer - Emerald — $170K–$190K · Engineering
• Staff Data Engineer — $170K–$190K · Engineering
• Staff Data Engineer- Data Lake — $170K–$190K · Engineering
• Sr. Manager, Business Operations — $160K–$185K · Operations

H1 salary by department

• Engineering: $190K median (5 roles)
• Sales Reps: $160K median (5 roles)
• Customer Success: $120K median (3 roles)

H1 salary by location

• New York: $183K median (10 roles)
• Remote: $140K median (4 roles)

Remote work at H1

36% of H1's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What H1 looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (4) · Airflow (3) · AWS (3) · Spark (2) · Kafka (2) · Kubernetes (2) · CI/CD (2) · JavaScript (1) · PostgreSQL (1).

About H1

H1 is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2017 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at H1

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior).

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 56% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

H1 total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 33% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

H1 hiring activity

H1 has 13 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 18 public job postings with disclosed pay. 16 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (17 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare H1's pay with other Series C companies:

• Mercor — median $300K
• Owner — median $220K
• Profound — median $200K
• 1Password — median $153K
• Varda — median $170K
• Notion — median $230K

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Common questions

What does H1 pay?
The median base salary is $160K, with a typical range of $146K–$189K, based on 18 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at H1?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Client Engagement, at $180K–$215K base.

Which team pays the most at H1?
The Engineering team, at a $190K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 18 public H1 job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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