You need to be in alignment with what is going on in the industry otherwise your investors may ask tough questions later.
Generally speaking $100-125k for CTO is around average right now. The bigger question is what is your stock compensation as that is how you make up for lower salary if your company is successful.
On the stock side you should try to have acceleration on change of control for some percentage of your unvested share and be careful to understand how you could be diluted in future funding rounds.
You need to be in alignment with what is going on in the industry otherwise your investors may ask tough questions later.
Generally speaking $100-125k for CTO is around average right now. The bigger question is what is your stock compensation as that is how you make up for lower salary if your company is successful.
On the stock side you should try to have acceleration on change of control for some percentage of your unvested share and be careful to understand how you could be diluted in future funding rounds.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90958008/startup-founder-salary-ceo-report-2023