Planet Labs salary data
Planet Labs publishes pay ranges on 87 of its open roles. These are the company's own published figures, not estimates or crowd-sourced guesses.
Last checked 02 October 2026
$163k
Median midpoint
$68k
Lowest published
$366k
Highest published
87
Roles with pay
Pay by role at Planet Labs
| Role | Openings | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer | 14 | $90k | $229k |
| Software Engineer | 9 | $107k | $215k |
| Project & Program Manager | 6 | $127k | $203k |
| Manager | 6 | $127k | $229k |
| Operations | 6 | $113k | $289k |
| Product Manager | 6 | $143k | $203k |
| Director & Head of | 6 | $181k | $366k |
| Marketing Manager | 5 | $127k | $181k |
| Customer Success Manager | 4 | $83k | $152k |
| Analyst | 3 | $80k | $127k |
| Marketing | 3 | $114k | $229k |
| Sales Development Rep | 3 | $68k | $84k |
| Account Executive | 2 | $102k | $131k |
| Data Engineer | 2 | $161k | $215k |
| Engineering Manager | 2 | $161k | $229k |
| Data Analyst | 2 | $100k | $143k |
Where this comes from. Every figure is taken from Planet Labs's own job board and recorded each day. When a range changes, we keep both the old number and the new one — which is how you can see pay moving rather than just where it stands today.
Roles with published pay
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer new | San Francisco, CA | Spacecraft Systems Engineering | $163k – $203k |
| Harness Manufacturing Engineer new | San Francisco, CA | NPI Engineering | $114k – $143k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Mission Optimization new | San Francisco, CA | Orbits R&D | $163k – $203k |
| Space Systems Engineer, Space Operations | San Francisco, CA | Space Operations | $114k – $143k |
| Electrical Engineer | San Francisco, CA | RF, Comms & Electrical Engineering | $114k – $143k |
| Senior Solutions Architect I, Pre-Sales - US Government Defense & Intelligence | Arlington, VA | Pre-Sales and Services | $116k – $145k |
| Revenue Operations Manager | San Francisco, CA; Arlington, VA | Global Revenue Operations | $128k – $160k |
| Senior Product Marketing Manager, Constellation Services | Arlington, VA | Product Marketing | $127k – $159k |
| Senior Service Delivery Manager | San Francisco, CA | Ground Operations | $144k – $181k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Storage Infrastructure | United States, Remote | Infrastructure and Operations | $143k – $178k |
| Sales Development Representative | San Francisco, CA | Sales Development and Inside Sales | $68k – $84k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Supply Chain | $144k – $181k |
| Senior Software Engineer, Full-stack - D&I Solutions | United States, Remote | Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE) | $172k – $215k |
| Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering | Denver, CO | Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE) | $257k – $322k |
| Senior Business Development Manager, US Department of War | Arlington, VA | Business Development | $133k – $166k |
| Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering | Arlington, VA | Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE) | $257k – $322k |
| Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering | San Francisco, CA | Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE) | $293k – $366k |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | Arlington, VA | Global Monitoring Analytics | $161k – $201k |
| Data Analyst | Arlington, VA | (OLD) Data Science | $100k – $125k |
| Data Analyst | San Francisco, CA | (OLD) Data Science | $114k – $143k |
| Videographer | San Francisco, CA | Creative | $71k – $89k |
| Senior Technical Program Manager-Platform | US - Remote Eastern Standard Time | Program Management | $143k – $178k |
| Technical Program Manager, Solutions | Denver, CO | Program Management | $127k – $159k |
| Senior Data Engineer | Denver, CO | (OLD) Data Science | $172k – $215k |
| Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer | Arlington, VA | Security (Security) | $229k – $286k |
| Senior Product Marketing Manager, Global Monitoring Services | Arlington, VA | Product Marketing | $127k – $159k |
| Senior Product Manager, Mission Solutions | Arlington, VA | D&I Solutions Delivery | $143k – $178k |
| Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions | Arlington, VA | D&I Solutions Delivery | $143k – $178k |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer | US, Remote; Canada, Remote | Image Processing | $153k – $191k |
| Senior Software Engineer, GMS App Team | United States, Remote | Global Monitoring Solutions (SWE) | $153k – $178k |
| Vice President, Revenue Operations | San Francisco, CA | Sales Manager | $232k – $289k |
| Vice President, Revenue Operations | Arlington, VA | Sales Manager | $203k – $254k |
| PCB Design Engineer | San Francisco, CA | RF, Comms & Electrical Engineering | $144k – $181k |
| Senior Product Manager, Mission Solutions | San Francisco, CA | D&I Solutions Delivery | $163k – $203k |
| Senior Product Manager, D&I Tasking Solutions | San Francisco, CA | D&I Solutions Delivery | $163k – $203k |
| Customer and Partner Marketing Specialist | San Francisco, CA | Product Marketing | $114k – $143k |
| Director of Government Affairs | Arlington, VA | Global Communications and Government Affairs (Global Communications and Government Affairs) | $181k – $226k |
| Technical Program Manager, Solutions | Arlington, VA | Program Management | $127k – $159k |
| Senior Contracts Manager | Washington D.C. | Legal (Legal) | $127k – $159k |
| Sales Development Representative, North America Civil Government | San Francisco, CA | Sales Development and Inside Sales | $68k – $84k |
| Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition | San Francisco, CA | Talent Acquisition | $232k – $289k |
| Senior Analyst, International Trade Compliance | San Francisco, CA | Regulatory & Compliance | $101k – $127k |
| Senior Manager of Product, Imagery | San Francisco, CA | Imagery & Data | $183k – $229k |
| Global Deal Desk Senior Manager | San Francisco, CA | Global Revenue Operations | $163k – $203k |
| Flight Dynamics Engineer, Orbits R&D | San Francisco, CA | Orbits R&D | $114k – $143k |
| Senior Data Engineer | Arlington, VA | (OLD) Data Science | $161k – $201k |
| Software Engineer, Missions Software | United States, Remote | Missions Software | $107k – $134k |
| Technical Program Manager, Trade Compliance | Washington, DC; Denver, CO | Program Management | $136k – $170k |
| Senior Contracts Manager | San Francisco, CA | Legal (Legal) | $144k – $181k |
| Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer | San Francisco, CA | Security (Security) | $260k – $326k |
| Senior Product Marketing Manager, Global Monitoring Services | San Francisco, CA | Product Marketing | $144k – $181k |
| Electrical Engineer | San Francisco, CA | RF, Comms & Electrical Engineering | $144k – $181k |
| Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Spacecraft Systems Engineering | $163k – $203k |
| Global Deal Desk Senior Manager | Arlington, VA | Global Revenue Operations | $163k – $203k |
| Senior Manager, Talent Operations | San Francisco, CA | Talent Acquisition | $163k – $203k |
| Senior Camera Systems Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Spacecraft Systems Engineering | $183k – $229k |
| US Army Account Executive | Washington, D.C. | Account Executive | $105k – $131k |
| Senior Engineering Manager - AI Geospatial Assistant Team | San Francisco, CA | Data Availability | $183k – $229k |
| Software Engineer, Platform Operations | United States, Remote | Infrastructure and Operations | $136k – $170k |
| Sr. Satcom Modem Engineer | San Francisco, CA | RF, Comms & Electrical Engineering | $163k – $203k |
| Senior FP&A Revenue Manager | United States, Remote | FP&A | $121k – $151k |
| Opto-Mechanical Engineer | San Francisco, CA | Mechanical, Thermal & Qual | $144k – $181k |
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