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Starfish Space salaries
Salary bands for the 13 roles Starfish Space 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 Starfish Space's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
13
13 remote-friendly
Median band
$100k–$180k
across 12 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
92%
12 stated · 0 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+4%
midpoint $140k vs $135k
Starfish Space's median band midpoint of $140k sits 4% 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
Avionics and electrical
2
$100k–$180k
Stated in posting
Software engineering
2
$100k–$180k
Stated in posting
Executive and leadership
1
$225k
Stated in posting
GNC and flight dynamics
1
$100k–$180k
Stated in posting
Internships and co-ops
1
–
No match in dataset
Manufacturing and technicians
1
$75k–$110k
Stated in posting
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 Starfish Space currently show a median band of $100k–$180k per year across 7 live listings (ranges stated in the postings). Across all 13 open roles the median band is $100k–$180k.
How many open roles does Starfish Space have?
13 live roles as of Oct 13, 1:54 PM UTC, synced from Starfish Space's own careers page, led by avionics and electrical (2), software engineering (2), executive and leadership (1). The largest locations are Tukwila, Washington, /Starfish Space D.C. Office. 13 are remote-friendly.
Are these Starfish Space salaries stated by the company or estimated?
12 of 13 postings (92%) state a salary range; those are shown verbatim and labelled "Stated in posting". The rest carry 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 13, 1:54 PM UTC. Listings mirror Starfish Space'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 Starfish Space.