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Headspace Salary

Headspace Salary

Headspace pays a median of $198K ($170K–$233K) across 16 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $170K–$233K salary range

Median: $198K  ·  Based on 16 public Headspace job postings  ·  Updated June 25, 2026


This Headspace 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

Headspace · pay benchmark · updated June 25, 2026
$198K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$170K–$233K
Typical range
$288K view JD
Highest base · Director, AI Architect
16
Open roles
~7 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
16 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 88% of roles mention equity · options
Highest-paying skills
Python $217KAWS $217KGo $202K

Highest-paying open roles at Headspace

Headspace salary by location

  • Remote: $183K median · $259K top base — Senior Engineering Manager, Core Platform (view JD) (4 roles)

Remote work at Headspace

33% of Headspace's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Headspace looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (6) · AWS (5) · CI/CD (4) · PyTorch (2) · TensorFlow (2) · Scikit-Learn (2) · Node.js (2) · Terraform (2) · Redshift (2) · Databricks (2).

Benefits & perks at Headspace

Commonly listed: mental-health (14) · 401k (14) · parental (14) · gym (14).

About Headspace

Headspace is Series C stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2010 · HQ Santa Monica, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Headspace

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 4 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 88% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Headspace total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Headspace hiring activity

Headspace has 16 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 16 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (16 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Headspace's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs HeadspaceStage
Verve$95K↓ -52%Public
Iterable$173K↓ -13%Series E
Playlist$120K↓ -40%
SpaceX$135K↓ -32%Series D
OpenAI$308K↑ +56%Late Stage
Databricks$215K↑ +9%Series J

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Common questions

What does Headspace pay?
The median pay is $198K, with a typical range of $170K–$233K, based on 16 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Headspace?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, AI Architect, at $230K–$288K base.

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

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 16 public Headspace 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 25, 2026.

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