Headspace Salary

💰 $195K–$226K salary range

Median: $220K  ·  Based on 28 public Headspace job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Headspace

• Director, Data Science — $180K–$288K · Technology
• Principal Data Scientist — $207K–$259K · Data Science & Analytics
• Principal Software Engineer, Backend — $207K–$259K · Engineering
• Senior Engineering Manager, Core Platform — $207K–$259K · Engineering
• Principal Machine Learning Engineer — $207K–$259K · AI Labs
• Director, AI Enablement — $177K–$250K · Operations

Headspace salary by department

• Engineering: $224K median (6 roles)
• Marketing: $169K median (4 roles)

Headspace salary by seniority

• Senior: $195K median (12)
• Staff: $225K median (9)

Headspace salary by location

• Remote: $196K median (5 roles)

Remote work at Headspace

29% of Headspace's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Headspace looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · AWS (4) · Terraform (4) · CI/CD (4) · Redshift (4) · Databricks (4) · PyTorch (2) · TensorFlow (2) · Scikit-Learn (2) · Node.js (2).

Benefits & perks at Headspace

Commonly listed: mental-health (19) · 401k (19) · parental (19) · gym (19).

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 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 12 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and Associate's and PhD are most common.

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; 68% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Headspace total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, 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 19 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 28 public job postings with disclosed pay. 10 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (28 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

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• Owner — median $220K
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Common questions

What does Headspace pay?
The median base salary is $220K, with a typical range of $195K–$226K, based on 28 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, Data Science, at $180K–$288K base.

Which team pays the most at Headspace?
The Engineering team, at a $224K 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 28 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 10, 2026.

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