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January Salary

January Salary

January pays a median of $185K ($168K–$213K) across 24 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $168K–$213K salary range

Median: $185K  ·  Based on 24 public January job postings  ·  Updated June 22, 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

January · pay benchmark · updated June 22, 2026
$185K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$168K–$213K
Typical range
$244K view JD
Highest base · Senior/Staff Product Manager, AI Agents
24
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+14
14 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 92% of roles mention equity
Salary by department · median & top base
engineering
$214K · $225K top (8)
product
$193K · $244K top (8)
Highest-paying skills
AWS $215KLLMs $205KPython $201KGo $175K

Highest-paying open roles at January

January salary by department

  • engineering: $214K median · $225K top base — Senior Security Engineer (view JD) (8 roles)
  • product: $193K median · $244K top base — Senior/Staff Product Manager, AI Agents (view JD) (8 roles)

January salary by location

  • New York: $185K median · $244K top base — Senior/Staff Product Manager, AI Agents (view JD) (22 roles)

Remote work at January

14% of January's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What January looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (8) · AWS (6) · Snowflake (4) · Terraform (4) · CI/CD (4) · SQL (3) · Go (2) · Java (2) · JavaScript (2) · React (2).

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 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Associate's is 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; 92% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

January hiring activity

January has 24 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 24 public job postings with disclosed pay. 14 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (14 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs JanuaryStage
Armada Labs$177K↓ -4%
Stripe$215K↑ +16%Series I
Wex$134K↓ -28%Public
Navan$170K↓ -8%Public
Addepar$138K↓ -26%Series G
Gusto$184K↓ -1%Series F

💸 Companies that pay more than January

Moment · EarnIn · Carta · Nova Credit · Kikoff

🏙 Top-paying tech companies in New York

Crosby · Runway Ml · Siro · Knit · Basic Capital · Agentio

📚 Salary guides & rankings

Top-Paying Tech Companies for Engineers (2026) · Highest-Paying Cities for Software Engineers · Highest-Paying Engineering Roles

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Common questions

What does January pay?
The median pay is $185K, with a typical range of $168K–$213K, based on 24 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 Senior/Staff Product Manager, AI Agents, at $185K–$244K base.

Which team pays the most at January?
The engineering 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 24 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 June 22, 2026.

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