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Inversion Space Software Engineer Salary

Inversion Space's 14 open roles for software engineers post a median $170k/yr, typically $150k–$210k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Inversion Space role
median $165k/yr
Inversion Space's software engineers: 3% above it
Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
Inversion Space: 1% above it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
Inversion Space's postings: 25% above it
Highest posted top
$236k/yr
Staff Flight Software Engineer, Arc Vehicle

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.

Inversion Space software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op3Too few figures
Level II3$131k/yr$131k–$160k/yr
Senior6$170k/yr$170k–$201k/yr
Staff1Too few figures
Manager1Too 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.

Open Inversion Space roles for software engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 22:02 UTC

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Questions about Inversion Space pay for software engineers

How much does Inversion Space pay software engineers?

Inversion Space's open roles for software engineers post a median $170k/yr, typically $150k–$210k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 14 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 $236k/yr, for Staff Flight Software Engineer, Arc Vehicle.

What does Inversion Space pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $131k/yr (3 roles); senior: a median $170k/yr (6 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Inversion Space pay software engineers more than other space companies?

Inversion Space's median, $170k/yr, is 1% above the $169k/yr median of the 1,990 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (Inversion Space's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at Inversion Space?

Inversion Space's roles for software engineers post a median $170k/yr, 3% above the $165k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Inversion Space salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Inversion Space'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); Inversion Space's posted median, $170k/yr, is 25% 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 Inversion Space hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Playa Vista, CA (14).