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Starfish Space salaries
Salary bands for the 14 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
14
14 remote-friendly
Median band
$100k–$180k
across 13 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
93%
13 stated · 0 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
-3%
midpoint $140k vs $144k
Starfish Space's median band midpoint of $140k sits 3% below 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
Avionics and electrical
2
$100k–$180k
Stated in posting
Other roles
2
$90k–$148k
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
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 14 open roles the median band is $100k–$180k.
How many open roles does Starfish Space have?
14 live roles as of Sep 26, 7:39 AM UTC, synced from Starfish Space's own careers page, led by avionics and electrical (2), other roles (2), software engineering (2). The largest locations are Tukwila, Washington, /Starfish Space D.C. Office. 14 are remote-friendly.
Are these Starfish Space salaries stated by the company or estimated?
13 of 14 postings (93%) state a salary range; those are shown verbatim and labelled "Stated in posting". The rest carry 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 26, 7:39 AM 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.