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Pay from CesiumAstro's own postings

CesiumAstro Software Engineer Salary

CesiumAstro's 31 open roles for software engineers post a median $147k/yr, typically $147k–$211k/yr, from 15 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every CesiumAstro role
median $147k/yr
CesiumAstro's software engineers: level with it
Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
CesiumAstro: 13% below it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
CesiumAstro's postings: 8% above it
Highest posted top
$225k/yr
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

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.

CesiumAstro software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op2Too few figures
Level II4$125k/yr$125k–$141k/yr
Senior13$147k/yr$147k–$165k/yr
Staff8$174k/yr$154k–$225k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager3Too few figures

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 CesiumAstro hires software engineers

  • Westminster, CO14 roles, median $147k/yr
  • Austin, TX10 roles
  • El Segundo, CA3 roles, median $154k/yr
  • United Kingdom2 roles
  • Germany1 role
  • Melbourne, FL1 role

Open CesiumAstro roles for software engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Questions about CesiumAstro pay for software engineers

How much does CesiumAstro pay software engineers?

CesiumAstro's open roles for software engineers post a median $147k/yr, typically $147k–$211k/yr, from 15 distinct pay figures in 15 of its 31 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 $225k/yr, for Senior Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack.

What does CesiumAstro pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $125k/yr (4 roles); senior: a median $147k/yr (13 roles); staff: a median $174k/yr (8 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does CesiumAstro pay software engineers more than other space companies?

CesiumAstro's median, $147k/yr, is 13% below the $169k/yr median of the 1,956 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (CesiumAstro's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at CesiumAstro?

CesiumAstro's roles for software engineers post a median $147k/yr, level with the $147k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (CesiumAstro salaries compares every kind of work).

How does CesiumAstro'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); CesiumAstro's posted median, $147k/yr, is 8% 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 CesiumAstro hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Westminster, CO (14), Austin, TX (10), El Segundo, CA (3), United Kingdom (2) and Germany (1). By place, they post a median of $147k/yr in Westminster, CO and $154k/yr in El Segundo, CA.