Salary bands for the 187 roles True Anomaly 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 True Anomaly's listings. How the estimates are made.
True Anomaly's median band midpoint of $160k sits 11% 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | 32 | $150k–$210k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Manufacturing and technicians | 22 | $120k–$163k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Avionics and electrical | 20 | $150k–$210k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Other roles | 17 | $110k–$155k | Stated in posting (1 of 12) |
| Mechanical, structures and thermal | 13 | $135k–$185k | SpaceNexus estimate |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA | 102 | $140k–$185k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Denver, CO | 30 | $110k–$155k | Stated in posting (1 of 30) |
| Long Beach, CA | 24 | $130k–$173k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 3 | $120k–$170k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Long Beach, CA or Denver, CO | 3 | $120k–$160k |
Engineering roles at True Anomaly currently show a median band of $140k–$185k per year across 139 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates, matched to each title and adjusted for seniority and location). Across all 187 open roles the median band is $135k–$185k.
187 live roles as of Sep 13, 9:34 PM UTC, synced from True Anomaly's own careers page, led by software engineering (32), manufacturing and technicians (22), avionics and electrical (20). The largest locations are Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA, Denver, CO, Long Beach, CA. 2 are remote-friendly.
1 of 187 postings (1%) 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 13, 9:34 PM UTC. Listings mirror True Anomaly'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 True Anomaly.
| Other engineering | 12 | $138k–$190k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Data, ML and AI | 11 | $120k–$170k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Propulsion | 11 | $165k–$240k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Test and integration | 10 | $123k–$165k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| GNC and flight dynamics | 9 | $120k–$170k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Executive and leadership | 6 | $160k–$220k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Finance, legal and people | 6 | $150k–$210k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Facilities, EHS and security | 4 | $160k–$215k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Program and project management | 4 | $148k–$208k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Denver, CO | Long Beach, CA | 2 | $140k–$185k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA or SF Bay Area, CA | 2 | $160k–$230k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Denver, Colorado or Long Beach, California | 2 | $143k–$200k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Long Beach, CA or Denver, CO, or Washington DC, or Remote | 2 | $255k–$340k | SpaceNexus estimate |
| Washington, DC | 2 | $120k–$175k | SpaceNexus estimate |