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Hover Salary

Hover pays a median of $202K ($166K–$254K) across 18 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $166K–$254K salary range

Median: $202K  ·  Based on 18 public Hover job postings  ·  Updated October 22, 2026


This Hover 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

Hover · pay benchmark · updated October 22, 2026
$202K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$166K–$254K
Typical range
$370K view JD
Highest base · Director / Senior Director, Engineering, Core UX & Growth
18
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+7
16 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 94% of roles mention equity
Highest-paying skills
TypeScript $254K

Highest-paying open roles at Hover

Hover salary by location

  • Remote: $202K median · $370K top base — Director / Senior Director, Engineering, Core UX & Growth (view JD) (16 roles)

Remote work at Hover

94% of Hover's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Hover looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: TypeScript (4) · Ruby (4) · React (3) · Onboarding (2) · SQL (2) · Tableau (2) · Experimentation (2) · Python (2) · GCP (2) · Kubernetes (2).

Benefits & perks at Hover

Commonly listed: dental (17) · vision (17) · pto (17) · parental (17).

About Hover

Hover is Series D stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2011 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Hover

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

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; 94% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Hover total compensation signals

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

Hover hiring activity

Hover has 18 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 18 public job postings with disclosed pay. 7 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (16 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Hover pay?
The median pay is $202K, with a typical range of $166K–$254K, based on 18 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Hover?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director / Senior Director, Engineering, Core UX & Growth, at $261K–$370K 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 18 public Hover 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 22, 2026.

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