Headway Salary

💰 $182K–$271K salary range

Median: $238K  ·  Based on 90 public Headway job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Headway

• Director, Engineering (Patient) — $264K–$330K · Engineering
• Staff Software Engineer (Payer) — $264K–$330K · Engineering
• Head of Patient Growth Marketing — $251K–$314K · Product Management
• Head of Comms — $251K–$314K · Brand & Product Marketing
• Director of Data Science - Patient — $250K–$312K · Data
• Design Director, Core Insurance & Design Systems — $250K–$312K · Design

Headway salary by department

• Legal: $280K median (3 roles)
• Clinical: $273K median (6 roles)
• Data: $265K median (9 roles)
• Product Management: $265K median (7 roles)
• Design: $265K median (8 roles)
• Brand & Product Marketing: $265K median (3 roles)
• Engineering: $238K median (13 roles)
• People: $219K median (8 roles)

Headway salary by seniority

• Senior: $225K median (25)
• Staff: $265K median (21)
• Lead: $155K median (10)
• Manager: $190K median (12)
• Director: $312K median (19)

Headway salary by location

• Remote: $238K median (68 roles)
• New York: $265K median (19 roles)

Remote work at Headway

99% of Headway's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Headway looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (16) · AWS (11) · Snowflake (9) · TypeScript (8) · React (8) · PostgreSQL (7) · Redis (7) · FastAPI (6) · Kafka (5) · Dbt (4).

Benefits & perks at Headway

Commonly listed: dental (57) · mental-health (57) · hsa-fsa (57) · 401k (57) · pto (57) · parental (57) · vision (52) · gym (52).

About Headway

Headway is Series D stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2019 · HQ Nicosia, Nicosia. 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 9 that do, Associate's and Master's and Bachelor'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; 63% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Headway total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 2% of roles list a bonus; 5% 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 57 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 90 public job postings with disclosed pay. 18 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (90 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Headway pay?
The median base salary is $238K, with a typical range of $182K–$271K, based on 90 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 Director, Engineering (Patient), at $264K–$330K base.

Which team pays the most at Headway?
The Legal team, at a $280K 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 90 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 June 10, 2026.

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