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BlackSky salaries
Salary bands for the 29 roles BlackSky has open right now, by role family and location. Where a posting states a range we show it verbatim; otherwise the band is a SpaceNexus estimate: the same bands that appear on BlackSky's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
29
16 remote-friendly
Median band
$143k–$198k
across 20 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 20 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+19%
midpoint $171k vs $144k
BlackSky's median band midpoint of $171k sits 19% above the SpaceNexus industry benchmark of $144k: the median across 58 curated space-industry roles, US base salary, as of 2026-08. Mix matters: an employer hiring mostly technicians will sit below a benchmark weighted toward engineers, and vice versa.
By role family
Titles are clustered into families (a "Senior Propulsion Engineer" and a "Turbomachinery Lead" both land in Propulsion). The band is the median of the family's listings.
Role family
Open
Median band
Source
Finance, legal and people
7
$115k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Manufacturing and technicians
3
$105k–$150k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
3
$140k–$190k
SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering
3
$140k–$195k
SpaceNexus estimate
Mechanical, structures and thermal
2
$135k–$185k
SpaceNexus estimate
By location and remote
Estimates are adjusted for metro (LA/Bay +20%, Seattle +15%, DC +10%, Houston and remote −5%, Huntsville −10%); stated ranges are the employer's own.
Engineering roles at BlackSky currently show a median band of $150k–$205k per year across 9 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates, matched to each title and adjusted for seniority and location). Across all 29 open roles the median band is $143k–$198k.
How many open roles does BlackSky have?
29 live roles as of Oct 7, 4:33 PM UTC, synced from BlackSky's own careers page, led by finance, legal and people (7), manufacturing and technicians (3), other roles (3). The largest locations are Tukwila, WA, Herndon, VA, Herndon, VA; Remote. 16 are remote-friendly.
Are these BlackSky salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of BlackSky's 29 current postings state a range, so every band on this page is a SpaceNexus estimate: our benchmark dataset of 58 roles (as of 2026-08) matched to the title and adjusted for seniority and metro. Estimates are guidance, not offers.
Counts are live as of Oct 7, 4:33 PM UTC. Listings mirror BlackSky's careers page; large employers often post the same role in several locations. Bands labelled "SpaceNexus estimate" are guidance from a benchmark dataset, not offers. Nothing here is a statement by BlackSky.