BlackSky pay · 30 Oct 2026
How much does BlackSky pay?
Typical pay at BlackSky, as a year's pay: $134k–$208k/yr, median $150k/yr. Those figures come from the 29 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $72.8k/yr at the bottom to $250k/yr at the top.
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.
BlackSky pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets BlackSky's open roles in one discipline next to that discipline across all employers, so you can tell whether it pays above or below the going rate. Typical pay 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. Click a figure for the roles behind it.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Typical pay | Every employer | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programs & Business | 13 | $116k–$210k/yr | $110k–$241k/yr1,163 roles | $250k/yr |
| Systems & Test | 6 | $143k–$204k/yr | No band | $230k/yr |
| Mechanical | 4 | $130k–$205k/yr2 rates | No band | $205k/yr |
| Software & IT | 4 | $138k–$212k/yr | $135k–$265k/yr899 roles | $215k/yr |
| Avionics | 3 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Flight Software | 3 | $160k–$200k/yr | No band | $205k/yr |
| Launch & Ops | 2 | $120k–$160k/yr2 rates | No band | $160k/yr |
| RF & Payloads | 1 | $155k–$180k/yr1 rate | $133k–$270k/yr256 roles | $180k/yr |
| Technicians | 1 | $74.9k–$83.2k/yr1 rate | No band | $83.2k/yr |
BlackSky's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $116k–$210k/yr (median $144k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 1,163 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $110k–$241k/yr (median $140k/yr).
Best-paid BlackSky openings right now
Every BlackSky role 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
Mission Management, Software Engineering Manager (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$165,000–$205,000/yr
BlackSky pay: questions
How much does BlackSky pay?
Typical pay at BlackSky, as a year's pay: $134k–$208k/yr, median $150k/yr. Those figures come from the 29 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $72.8k/yr at the bottom to $250k/yr at the top.
Which open BlackSky role pays the most?
As of 30 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Vice President, Legal, at $248k/yr, posted as "$245,000-250,000 per year". Every open role by pay.
Is BlackSky's pay above the market for the same work?
BlackSky's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $116k–$210k/yr (median $144k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 1,163 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $110k–$241k/yr (median $140k/yr).