2025 Salary Report

Space Industry
Compensation Data

Comprehensive salary insights from 80,000+ US-based roles, aggregated from the Space Talent jobs board.

Jobs Analyzed

~80K

US-based with clear pay bands

Total Postings

307K

Jan - Dec 2025

Median Salary

$145K

All salaried roles

90th Percentile

$205K

Top earners

Industry Salary Overview

Median compensation by seniority level across all space industry roles

Vice President

430 positions

$234K

$210K - $313K

Director

7,277 positions

$194K

$165K - $242K

Senior

25,189 positions

$166K

$140K - $209K

Mid Senior

28,698 positions

$134K

$105K - $176K

Associate

5,676 positions

$74K

$60K - $113K

Entry Level

6,233 positions

$55K

$43K - $112K

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Detailed salary breakdowns across different role types

Backend

178 roles
Median$174K
Range$145K - $235K

Frontend

93 roles
Median$176K
Range$166K - $200K

Data

4,896 roles
Median$160K
Range$135K - $207K

AI

1,405 roles
Median$176K
Range$152K - $220K

Security

2,496 roles
Median$163K
Range$126K - $205K

Geographic Pay Adjustments

How compensation varies across major tech hubs (relative to San Francisco)

San Francisco

100%

SW
100%
HW
100%

New York City

91%

SW
93%
HW
90%

Los Angeles

77%

SW
79%
HW
81%

Austin

92%

SW
95%
HW
89%

Seattle

97%

SW
94%
HW
89%

Denver

77%

SW
77%
HW
84%

Pay adjustments relative to San Francisco (baseline = 100%)