Planet Salaries: $145k–$195k Median Band Across 116 Open Roles

Planet salaries

Salary bands for the 116 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.

Open roles: 116; 36 remote-friendly
Median band: $145k–$195k; across 104 roles with a band
Range stated in posting: 0%; 0 stated · 104 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark: +18%; midpoint $170k vs $144k

Planet's median band midpoint of $170k sits 18% 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
Sales and business development	26	$120k–$175k	SpaceNexus estimate
Program and project management	17	$155k–$210k	SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles	15	$160k–$215k	SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering	14	$133k–$185k	SpaceNexus estimate
Data, ML and AI	7	$150k–$210k	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.

Location	Open	Median band	Source
San Francisco, CA	34	$150k–$195k	SpaceNexus estimate
Arlington, VA	17	$155k–$210k	SpaceNexus estimate
Berlin, Germany	11	$118k–$168k	SpaceNexus estimate
United States, Remote	10	$148k–$218k	SpaceNexus estimate
Canada, Remote	4	$115k–$160k	SpaceNexus estimate

Frequently asked

How much does Planet pay engineers?

Engineering roles at Planet currently show a median band of $150k–$210k per year across 59 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates, matched to each title and adjusted for seniority and location). Across all 116 open roles the median band is $145k–$195k.

How many open roles does Planet have?

116 live roles as of Sep 13, 9:33 PM UTC, synced from Planet's own careers page, led by sales and business development (26), program and project management (17), other roles (15). The largest locations are San Francisco, CA, Arlington, VA, Berlin, Germany. 36 are remote-friendly.

Are these Planet salaries stated by the company or estimated?

None of Planet's 116 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 Sep 13, 9:33 PM 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.