Technology
Compensation benchmarks for Chiefs of Staff, Office of the CEO teams, and high-level Executive Assistants across San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC. From high-growth startups and venture-backed firms to large-cap technology companies and the broader tech ecosystem.
What's inside
This guide breaks down compensation across eight major US technology hubs, covering roles from Executive Assistants through to Chiefs of Staff and Analysts of the CEO's Office. Each city is segmented by company stage: early-stage startups, growth-stage firms, and large-cap technology companies, so you can see how pay scales with both geography and organizational complexity.
Technology firms compete for executive support talent against a broader market that includes venture capital, growth equity, and tech-adjacent PE. That cross-industry competition pushes compensation up. In San Francisco, the line between operational leadership and product or strategy roles blurs more than anywhere else, and firms are pricing senior talent accordingly.
At the Chief of Staff level, the guide separates Generalist, Functional, and Office of the CEO (OCEO) designations. Equity and bonus structures in technology look different from financial services: base salaries may track similarly, but the total compensation picture is shaped by stock options, RSUs, and performance-linked incentives that can significantly widen the range at the senior end.
Each city section includes market commentary explaining what drives local dynamics: why Austin's growth-stage ecosystem is creating demand faster than the local talent pool can fill it, why Seattle's enterprise presence anchors the top of the range, and why New York technology firms are pricing leverage roles to compete with finance.
Cities covered
Each city includes separate benchmarks across early-stage startups, growth-stage firms, and large technology companies, with market-specific commentary on talent dynamics and competition from adjacent industries.
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