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BlackSky
About BlackSky
BlackSky offers space-based intelligence from its own constellation of low-orbit imaging satellites. It hires in Tukwila, Washington, and Herndon, Virginia.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 37 open BlackSky roles; typical pay across them is $134k to $208k a year (median $150k).
Live BlackSky roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTCMechanical Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Tukwila, WA, United States· todayDetails
$175,000–$205,000/yrPrincipal Systems Engineer - Space Vehicle (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Tukwila, WA, United States· 1w agoDetails
Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA· 1w agoDetails
$175,000–$200,000/yrMechanical Engineer (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Tukwila, WA, United States· 1w agoDetails
Senior Engineer - Embedded/Flight Software (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Seattle, WA· 1w agoDetails
$140,000–$165,000/yrSenior Software Engineer, Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Remote· 1w agoDetails
$145,000–$165,000/yrSenior Software Engineer, Design in Test (SDET) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Remote· 1w agoDetails
$145,000–$165,000/yrStaff Engineer, Flight Software/Embedded Software (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Seattle, WA· 1w agoDetails
$155,000–$180,000/yrCost Controller, Spacecraft (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Tukwila, WA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$135,00–$155,000/yr- $130,000–$150,000/yr
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About BlackSky
Space-based intelligence from real-time low-orbit satellite imagery. It pays $134k–$208k/yr typically (median $150k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed37 open roles on BlackSky, independently checked 30 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on BlackSky's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Tukwila and Seattle, WA; Herndon, VA
What BlackSky pays
From current postings · as of 30 Oct 2026Median $150k/yr, taken across 29 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $72.8k/yr and as high as $250k/yr.
Measured from 28 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 8 of the 37 listings open here post no pay at all.
Best-paid BlackSky openings today
All 37 by payVice President, Legal (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 4mo agoDetails
$245,000–$250,000/yrPrincipal Engineer, Spacecraft Test Development (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Tukwila, WA, United States· 5mo agoDetails
$200,000–$230,000/yr- $190,000–$215,000/yr
Mechanical Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Tukwila, WA, United States· todayDetails
$175,000–$205,000/yr- $165,000–$205,000/yr
“Typical” here means 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work BlackSky hires for
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What our research measures about BlackSky
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring37 open roles, 0.5% of all the space roles we read, across 9 kinds of work; 22 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply94.6% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 18.9% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience0.0% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 27.0% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency75.7% of the postings state their pay, at a median $150,000 a year.
- Shifts, weekends and travel0.0% of the postings ask for weekend work, 0.0% for overtime or extended hours.
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Frequently asked questions
What does BlackSky do?
Space-based intelligence from real-time low-orbit satellite imagery.
How much does BlackSky pay?
Openings at BlackSky pay $134k–$208k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $150k/yr. We take both from the 29 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $72.8k/yr; the highest is $250k/yr.
What is it like to work at BlackSky?
BlackSky pays $134k–$208k/yr typically (median $150k/yr).
Which locations does BlackSky hire in?
Tukwila and Seattle, WA; Herndon, VA
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