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  • 1.  Headcount by Job Function

    Posted 08-16-2022 09:50
    For day two of our deep dive into startup compensation trends, we're going to look at headcount by job function and job function by industry. As you grow your business it's important to understand where to place your assets. Do you see your industry here? How does your hiring compare? 

    The largest job function at most tech startups is engineering. Over a quarter of the employees are engineers, followed by people in sales, operations, and customer success roles. Those top four functions comprise over half of total headcount.



    Hardware startups tend to splurge on engineering talent (as they need both software and hardware engineering). Fields related to medicine (medical devices and biotech) require a major investment in research. Gaming startups tend to have many more designers on staff. While SaaS startups devote 20% of total headcount to sales, that percentage is much smaller in nearly every other industry.

     



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    Brent Devey
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