Planet pay · 31 Oct 2026
How much does Planet pay?
Typical pay at Planet, as a year's pay: $128k–$229k/yr, median $153k/yr. Those figures come from the 63 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $37.4k/yr at the bottom to $366k/yr at the top.
Measured from 61 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 51 of the 114 listings open here post no pay at all.
Planet pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets Planet'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.
Planet's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $121k–$238k/yr (median $143k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,894 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $116k–$255k/yr (median $148k/yr).
Planet salaries by profession
What Planet's postings pay each profession, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.
Best-paid Planet openings right now
Every Planet role by payVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · San Francisco, CA· 2mo agoDetails
$293,000–$366,300/yrSenior Director, Product Management - Defense and Intelligence (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA· 2w agoDetails
$260,500–$325,600/yrVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Denver, CO· 2mo agoDetails
$257,300–$321,600/yrVice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Arlington, VA, United States· 2mo agoDetails
$257,300–$321,600/yrSenior Director, Global Talent Acquisition (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · San Francisco, CA· 3mo agoDetails
$231,500–$289,400/yrSenior Director, Product Management - Defense and Intelligence (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Arlington, VA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$228,700–$285,900/yr
Planet pay: questions
How much does Planet pay?
Typical pay at Planet, as a year's pay: $128k–$229k/yr, median $153k/yr. Those figures come from the 63 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $37.4k/yr at the bottom to $366k/yr at the top.
Which open Planet role pays the most?
As of 31 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering, at $330k/yr, posted as "$293,000-$366,300 per year". Every open role by pay.
Is Planet's pay above the market for the same work?
Planet's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $121k–$238k/yr (median $143k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,894 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $116k–$255k/yr (median $148k/yr).