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Muon Space Software Engineer Salary

Muon Space's 37 open roles for software engineers post a median $218k/yr, typically $201k–$265k/yr, from 36 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Muon Space role
median $201k/yr
Muon Space's software engineers: 8% above it
Software engineers at every space company
median $168k/yr
Muon Space: 30% above it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
Muon Space's postings: 60% above it
Highest posted top
$298k/yr
Principal Software Engineer, Mission Design

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.

Muon Space software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op3$83.2k/yr$83.2k/yr
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Senior10$225k/yr$216k–$239k/yr
Staff7$240k/yr$229k–$266k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager6$230k/yr$202k–$265k/yr
Title names no level9$201k/yr$201k–$218k/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 Muon Space hires software engineers

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Muon Space pay for software engineers

How much does Muon Space pay software engineers?

Muon Space's open roles for software engineers post a median $218k/yr, typically $201k–$265k/yr, from 36 distinct pay figures in 36 of its 37 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 $298k/yr, for Principal Software Engineer, Mission Design.

What does Muon Space pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: intern or co-op: a median $83.2k/yr (3 roles); senior: a median $225k/yr (10 roles); staff: a median $240k/yr (7 roles); manager: a median $230k/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 Muon Space pay software engineers more than other space companies?

Muon Space's median, $218k/yr, is 30% above the $168k/yr median of the 1,733 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (Muon Space's among them).

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

Muon Space's roles for software engineers post a median $218k/yr, 8% above the $201k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Muon Space salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Muon 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); Muon Space's posted median, $218k/yr, is 60% 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 Muon Space hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in San Jose, CA (30), Denver, CO (3), Northern VA, VA (3) and Mountain View, CA (1). By place, they post a median of $223k/yr in San Jose, CA, $203k/yr in Denver, CO and $240k/yr in Northern VA, VA.