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Headway Salary

Headway Salary

Headway pays a median of $214K ($174K–$251K) across 81 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $174K–$251K salary range

Median: $214K  ·  Based on 81 public Headway job postings  ·  Updated October 25, 2026


This Headway 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

Headway · pay benchmark · updated October 25, 2026
$214K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$174K–$251K
Typical range
$376K view JD
Highest base · Product Manager
81
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+32
81 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 99% of roles mention equity · rsu
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$217K (10)
Staff
$298K (13)
Salary by department · median & top base
all cost centers
$214K · $376K top (81)
Pay by location
Remote $214K (59)New York $231K (22)
Highest-paying skills
Product Roadmap $298KLLMs $298KRemix $265KSentry $265KPython $251KTypeScript $251KReact $251KNext.js $251K

Highest-paying open roles at Headway

Headway salary by department

  • all cost centers: $214K median · $376K top base — Product Manager (view JD) (81 roles)

Headway engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Senior: $217K median · $279K top base — Senior Fullstack Software Engineer (view JD) (10)
  • Staff: $298K median · $375K top base — Staff / Principal Product Manager, Ranking (view JD) (13)

Headway engineering & product management salary

  • Manager: $251K median · $332K top base — Senior Engineering Manager (Network Value + Outcomes) (view JD) (9)

Headway salary by location

  • Remote: $214K median · $376K top base — Product Manager (view JD) (59 roles)
  • New York: $231K median · $332K top base — Senior Engineering Manager (Network Value + Outcomes) (view JD) (22 roles)

Remote work at Headway

80% of Headway's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Headway looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (13) · AWS (12) · TypeScript (11) · PostgreSQL (11) · Redis (11) · FastAPI (10) · SQL (9) · React (9) · Kafka (9) · Next.js (7).

Benefits & perks at Headway

Commonly listed: mental-health (81) · dental (45) · hsa-fsa (45) · 401k (45) · pto (45) · parental (45) · gym (43) · vision (42).

About Headway

Headway is 501–1,000 employees · founded 2015 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Headway

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, PhD and Associate's and Bachelor'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; 99% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Headway total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 1% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Headway hiring activity

Headway has 81 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 81 public job postings with disclosed pay. 32 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (81 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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OpenAI$308K↑ +44%Late Stage
Databricks$216K↑ +1%Series J
Gartner$151K↓ -30%Public
CoreWeave$184K↓ -14%Public
ICF$121K↓ -44%Public

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Common questions

What does Headway pay?
The median pay is $214K, with a typical range of $174K–$251K, based on 81 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Headway?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Product Manager, at $262K–$376K base.

Which team pays the most at Headway?
The all cost centers team, at a $214K 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

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 81 public Headway 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 October 25, 2026.

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