{"id":280095,"date":"2023-12-28T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/?p=280095"},"modified":"2023-12-28T10:07:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T18:07:00","slug":"how-are-salary-increases-impacted-by-total-amount-of-financing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/?p=280095","title":{"rendered":"How are Salary Increases Impacted by Total Amount of Financing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this month&#8217;s Thelander Digest, we are excited to give you a peak at some of our findings from the\u00a0<strong>Thelander 2023 Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool &amp; Bonus Survey<\/strong>. With more than 350 participating companies, the survey was a huge success. We explore how CEO salary increases at private companies are\u00a0impacted by the total amount of financing raised to date. We use\u00a0total amount of financing instead of most recent series raised, headcount, or valuation since it is the most precise way to look at compensation. Let&#8217;s dive into the data!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image img-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/4bdffb04-93e9-636a-6be6-50f3d8eaf77b.png\" alt=\"Did you receive a salary increase for the coming year?\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chart 1<\/strong>&nbsp;looks at if CEOs received&nbsp;a salary increase for 2024 by total amount of financing.&nbsp;<br>As a company raises more capital, the likelihood of a raise gets higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized img-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jthelander.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/34169bc5-29a1-5768-77d1-999b2fd8aa64.png\" alt=\"Salary increase as a percentage of salary - CEO\" style=\"width:930px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chart 2<\/strong>&nbsp;takes a look at the&nbsp;<strong>actual<\/strong>&nbsp;salary increase percentage. The percentages range from 3.8% to 7.0% depending on the total amount of financing.&nbsp;As a company raises more capital, the range of salary increase gets tighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why is this?&nbsp;<\/strong>The amount of salary increase should be looked at in relation to where the salary is compared to the<strong>&nbsp;real-time<\/strong>&nbsp;market comps on the&nbsp;<strong>Thelander online platform.&nbsp;<\/strong>The numbers are meant to be a guideline&nbsp;that should be taken into account along with the individual&#8217;s performance&nbsp;and the importance of the role to the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How does your salary increase compare&nbsp;to the market?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full&nbsp;<strong>Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool &amp; Bonus Report&nbsp;<\/strong>is included in a&nbsp;<strong>Private Company Subscription<\/strong>&nbsp;to the Thelander online platform. You can trial the platform and see what&#8217;s included by participating in the NO COST&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/survey.jthelander.com\/surveys\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thelander Private Company Compensation Survey<\/a>. All of our data is real-time, customizable, and interactive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center btn-post wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/survey.jthelander.com\/surveys\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Participate in the Thelander Private Company Compensation Survey Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s Thelander Digest, we are excited to give you a peak at some of our findings from the\u00a0Thelander 2023 Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool &amp; Bonus Survey. With more than 350 participating companies, the survey was a huge success. We explore how CEO salary increases at private companies are\u00a0impacted by the total amount [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-280095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter","tag-newsletter","tag-private-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=280095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=280095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=280095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brightturn.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=280095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}