What Trends Do We See with Carry Dollars at Work?

A few years ago, we added new questions to the Thelander-PitchBook Investment Firm Compensation Survey to collect data on carry dollars at work. Using this data, we’ll be looking at insights on carry dollars at work and how it has changed since 2021. What is carry dollars at work? It’s defined as the amount of carry you will receive […]

Does Stage of Development Impact Compensation for Biotech Companies?

For our August newsletter, we look at data from biotech companies to see how stage of development impacts compensation for its CEOs. The different stages of development can be categorized into five groups:1) Pre-Clinical 2) First in Man 3) FDA Clinical Trial Phase I 4) FDA Clinical Trial Phase II 5) Commercial Chart 1 shows the median for total cash, founder, and non-founder equity for CEOs […]

Europe vs. USA Compensation

For our July newsletter, in the spirit of the Eurotrip returning for summer, we compared compensation for CEOs and Biologists in Europe and the United States. J.Thelander Consulting surveys globally and all data is reported in USD. Let’s take a look.  Our Findings: Thelander data clearly shows that the United States compensates higher for cash and […]

What are the Compensation Trends for Research & Development Positions? 

In June’s Thelander Digest, we examine the different trends impacting compensation for research & development (R&D) positions.  To do this, we looked at our data on how the median total cash and non-founder shares (non-founder equity) has changed since 2019 for two positions: VP and Director of Research & Development (R&D). In order to keep things consistent, we looked at the […]

How Should You Customize Private Company Compensation Data?

When examining compensation data for privately held companies – you want to make sure you are using an apple to apple comparison. Meaning? Private company instead of public.  Now that we’ve established a baseline – the next question is, what filters really make a difference? The Thelander platform allows you to easily customize private company data by five filters […]

How are Life Science Male and Female CEOs Compensated Differently?

In the March 2023 Thelander Digest, we examine how the total cash compensation for male and female CEOs at privately held life science companies with more than $50 Million in total financing has changed since 2020.  Stay tuned for the April 2023 Digest where we’ll look at the gender pay gap between tech CEOs!  Participate in the Thelander Private Company Compensation […]

How Has Compensation for Staff-level Engineer Jobs Changed Since 2018?

The Thelander Digest is powered by real-time compensation data from the Thelander Private Company Compensation Survey. There is no cost to participate and all respondents will receive free access to a subset of the results through a silver level subscription.  Participate in the Thelander Private Company Compensation Survey Here for FREE Compensation Data In the February […]

What are Hiring and Compensation Trends for 2023?  

In this Thelander Digest, we look at hiring and compensation trends for 2023 using the results from the recently published Thelander Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool & Bonus Report.  As our data shows in the graphs below, the percentage of salary increases for staff-level employees went up in every percentile from “for 2021” to “for 2022.” We […]

Introducing…The Thelander In-House Survey Tool 

As the leading source for compensation data for the private capital markets, we’re excited to announce the launch of the Thelander in-house survey tool, which combines our 25+ years of industry experience surveying privately held companies and investment firms with the power of real-time survey data. Why does it matter?Our new platform provides multiple benefits for users including increased […]

What is the Status of Compensation for Privately Held Companies? 

J.Thelander Consulting hosted a Private Company Compensation Panel Webinar where we took a deep dive into compensation trends and shared a preview of the results from our Year-End Merit Increase, Option Pool & Bonus Survey. In case you missed it, you can view the recording below along with some of the key takeaways. Key findings from the webinar included: […]