Median base salary
$170k
Posted range midpoint
Typical range
$150k–$198k
25th to 75th percentile
Openings with pay
552
64% of 869 live openings
Companies disclosing
58
From their own postings
Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.
Highest-paying live openings
Sorted by posted rangeMerlin Labs · Boston, MA · Staff / Principal
Planet Labs · San Francisco, CA · Executive
SpaceX · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal
Stoke Space · Kent, WA · Manager
SpaceX · Redmond, WA · Staff / Principal
True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Staff / Principal
Planet Labs · Arlington, VA · Executive
Planet Labs · Denver, CO · Executive
True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Staff / Principal
True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Staff / Principal
Relativity Space · Long Beach, CA · Manager
True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Staff / Principal
Zipline · South San Francisco, CA · Director
Reliable Robotics · Mountain View, CA · Senior
SpaceX · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal
Array Labs · Palo Alto, CA · Mid-Level
Methodology
BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.
Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.
Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Most groups require at least 30 salaried openings; featured company benchmarks require at least eight.
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