Star

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EarlySpringfield, MO, USA; Remote1 personFounded 2022YC S22

1 open role

$42kApply

Roles are read from Star’s Y Combinator every hour and disappear here as soon as they close there.

Data insights

Star hiring insights

Counted from every role read from its board, compared with every startup listed on firsthires.live.

Key findings

  • Star has the 2418th most open roles of 2,950 startups hiring on firsthires.live.
  • 1 open role is 0.2× the average Early startup here (4.3).
  • With a team of about 1, these openings would grow headcount by up to 100%.
  • Median posted pay of $42k is 71% below the Early startup median ($145k).
  • Marketing pay here (median $42k) is 72% below the market median for Marketing ($150k).
  • 100% of its roles post pay, against 42% across all listed startups.
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  • 100% of its roles are fully remote (market: 24%).
  • 1 role added in the last 30 days; 0 closed in the last 90.
  • A typical open listing here is 8 months old, against 2 months across the site.
  • Founded 4 years ago, in Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 batch.

Hiring momentum

Momentum score50out of 100Too little data

50 is flat. Blends the 4-week change, the 12-week trend and net roles added.

Added, last 4 weeks
00%
vs 0 in the 4 weeks before
Added last week
00%
Week before: 0
Weekly trend
+0.00
Roles/week, per week · R² 0.00
Net roles, 4 weeks
+0
0 added − 0 closed
Forecast this week
0
Holt exponential smoothing
Average week
0.0
σ 0.0 · CV —
4-week refresh rate
0%
New roles ÷ open roles
4-week churn
0%
Closed roles ÷ open roles
Median time listed
>90 days
0% close within 30 days
Roles added and closed per weekAddedClosed4-week avg
Week of 3 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 10 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 17 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 24 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 31 Aug: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 7 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 14 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 21 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 28 Sept: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 5 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 12 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 19 Oct: 0 added, 0 closed, net +0Week of 26 Oct (so far): 1 added, 0 closed, net +1
Week of 3 AugThis week (so far)

Momentum, explained

  • Star hasn’t added enough roles in the last few months to read a trend yet.

Hiring history

Roles ever listed here
1
Roles added in 30 days
1
Roles added in 90 days
1
Roles closed in 90 days
0
Tracked since
Oct 2026
Rank by open roles
#2,418
of 2,950 hiring startups
Openings per current employee
1.00

Volume and freshness

Open roles
1
Listed in the last 7 days
0
0% of open roles
Listed in the last 30 days
0
0% of open roles
Typical listing age
8 months
Oldest: 8 months

Pay

Median posted pay
$42k
Annual USD, range midpoint
Middle half of pay
$42k–$42k
25th to 75th percentile
Roles that post pay
100%
1 of 1
Mention equity
0%

Work, level and access

Fully remote
100%
Say they sponsor visas
0
Graduate and intern roles
1
1 internships

Breakdowns

Roles added per month1 roles
MayJunJulAugSeptOct
By the month firsthires.live first saw each role.
Roles by team
  1. 1Marketing1100%
Roles by level
  1. 1Internship1100%
Where the work happens
  1. 1Remote1100%
Contract type
  1. 1Internship1100%
Departments on the board
  1. 1Marketing1100%
Star vs Early startups (annual USD)Star median: $42k
$42kLow$97k25th$145kMedian$185k75th$185kHigh

Pay is each role’s posted range converted to annual US dollars, midpoint. See every Star role.