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Anduril Software Engineer Salary

Anduril's 27 open roles for software engineers post a median $195k/yr, typically $193k–$254k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Anduril role
median $193k/yr
Anduril's software engineers: 1% above it
Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
Anduril: 15% above it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
Anduril's postings: 43% above it
Highest posted top
$292k/yr
Chief Software Engineer, Space Ground Systems

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Anduril software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior12$223k/yr$213k–$254k/yr
Staff1Too few figures
Director, head or vice president1Too few figures
Title names no level13$193k/yr$174k–$222k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Where Anduril hires software engineers

  • Costa Mesa, CA12 roles, median $204k/yr
  • Chantilly, VA5 roles, median $223k/yr
  • Colorado Springs, CO5 roles, median $192k/yr
  • Washington, DC5 roles, median $223k/yr
  • Herndon, VA3 roles, median $223k/yr
  • Foothill Ranch, CA2 roles

Open Anduril roles for software engineers, highest pay first

Updated 1 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC

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Questions about Anduril pay for software engineers

How much does Anduril pay software engineers?

Anduril's open roles for software engineers post a median $195k/yr, typically $193k–$254k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures in 27 of its 27 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $292k/yr, for Chief Software Engineer, Space Ground Systems.

What does Anduril pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $223k/yr (12 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Anduril pay software engineers more than other space companies?

Anduril's median, $195k/yr, is 15% above the $169k/yr median of the 1,993 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (Anduril's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at Anduril?

Anduril's roles for software engineers post a median $195k/yr, 1% above the $193k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Anduril salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Anduril's pay for software engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of software developers at $136k/yr (May 2025); Anduril's posted median, $195k/yr, is 43% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Anduril hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Costa Mesa, CA (12), Chantilly, VA (5), Colorado Springs, CO (5), Washington, DC (5) and Herndon, VA (3). By place, they post a median of $204k/yr in Costa Mesa, CA, $223k/yr in Chantilly, VA and $192k/yr in Colorado Springs, CO.