Salaries / Public Services

Public Services Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks from open roles at public services companies building the future.

160 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$168k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$143k–$210k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

160

78% of 206 live openings

Companies disclosing

10

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Lead of Applied AI

Peregrine · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$225k–$320k
2
VP Product

Flock Safety · Remote · Executive

$280k–$300k
3
Head of Talent

Kaizen Labs · New York, NY · Director

$250k–$300k
4
Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Peregrine · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$240k–$300k
5
Senior Software Engineer

GovWell · New York, NY · Senior

$200k–$300k
6
Account Executive

Sharp Performance · Remote · Mid-Level

$235k–$285k
7
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Cleared (TS/SCI)

Kaizen Labs · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$220k–$280k
8
Enterprise Account Executive

Longeye · Texas · Mid-Level

$220k–$280k
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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. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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