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Planet salaries
Salary bands for the 131 roles Planet 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 Planet's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
131
29 remote-friendly
Median band
$105k–$205k
across 99 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 99 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+15%
midpoint $155k vs $135k
Planet's median band midpoint of $155k sits 15% above the SpaceNexus industry benchmark of $135k: the median of the BLS national median wages (OEWS, May 2025) behind our 51 benchmark roles, checked 2026-10. 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
Sales and business development
25
$125k–$215k
SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering
18
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Program and project management
16
$140k–$215k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
14
$140k–$215k
SpaceNexus estimate
Data, ML and AI
9
$85k–$160k
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 Planet currently show a median band of $125k–$215k per year across 39 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates: BLS middle half of national pay for each title's occupation, adjusted for metro). Across all 131 open roles the median band is $105k–$205k.
How many open roles does Planet have?
131 live roles as of Oct 29, 1:28 AM UTC, synced from Planet's own careers page, led by sales and business development (25), software engineering (18), program and project management (16). The largest locations are San Francisco, CA, Berlin, Germany, Arlington, VA. 29 are remote-friendly.
Are these Planet salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of Planet's 131 current postings state a range, so every band on this page is a SpaceNexus estimate: the title is matched to one of our 51 benchmark roles, each set to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, May 2025) national wages for its closest occupation; the band is the middle half of that pay (25th to 75th percentile), adjusted for metro where BLS has an area figure. Estimates are guidance, not offers.
Counts are live as of Oct 29, 1:28 AM UTC. Listings mirror Planet'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 Planet.