January Salary

💰 $180K–$216K salary range

Median: $201K  ·  Based on 16 public January job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026

This January 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 January

• Head of Security Engineering — $258K–$297K · Engineering
• Staff Product Manager — $220K–$256K · Product
• Senior Software Engineer — $210K–$244K · Engineering
• Senior Security Engineer — $200K–$231K · Engineering
• Senior Data Systems Engineer — $200K–$231K · Engineering
• Chief of Staff — $170K–$230K · General
• Exceptional Builder: Shape Your Role — $170K–$230K · General
• Senior Analytics Engineer — $185K–$221K · Product
• Senior Data Scientist, Product Analytics — $192K–$220K · Product
• Senior Product Manager — $185K–$217K · Product

January salary by department

• engineering: $216K median · $297K top base — Head of Security Engineering (view JD) (5 roles)

January salary by location

• New York: $201K median · $297K top base — Head of Security Engineering (view JD) (16 roles)

Remote work at January

0% of January's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What January looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (3) · Product Roadmap (2) · Experimentation (2) · Snowflake (2) · AWS (2) · Full-Cycle Recruiting (2) · Sourcing (2) · SQL (2) · Terraform (1) · CI/CD (1).

About January

January is Series B stage · 51–100 employees · founded 2016 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at January

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 6+ 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; 69% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

January total compensation signals

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

January hiring activity

January has 16 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 16 public job postings with disclosed pay. 3 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (13 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

💸 Companies that pay more than January

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🏙 Top-paying tech companies in New York

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📚 Salary guides & rankings

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Common questions

What does January pay?
The median pay is $201K, with a typical range of $180K–$216K, based on 16 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at January?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Security Engineering, at $258K–$297K base.

Which team pays the most at January?
The engineering team, at a $216K 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 16 public January 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 23, 2026.

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