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Planet Sales or Business Development Professional Salary

Planet's 20 open roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $129k/yr, typically $102k–$166k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Planet role
median $153k/yr
Planet's sales and business development professionals: 16% below it
Sales and business development professionals at every space company
median $166k/yr
Planet: 22% below it
Highest posted top
$166k/yr
Senior Business Development Manager, US Army

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.

Planet sales or business development professional pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior4Too few figures
Manager6$123k/yr$93k–$166k/yr
Director, head or vice president1Too few figures
Title names no level9$123k/yr$108k–$155k/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 Planet hires sales and business development professionals

  • Arlington, VA6 roles, median $132k/yr
  • Germany3 roles
  • Remote3 roles
  • San Francisco, CA3 roles, median $96.3k/yr
  • Belgium1 role
  • Brazil1 role
  • France1 role
  • Netherlands1 role
  • Washington, DC1 role

Open Planet roles for sales and business development professionals, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 16:02 UTC

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Questions about Planet pay for sales and business development professionals

How much does Planet pay sales and business development professionals?

Planet's open roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $129k/yr, typically $102k–$166k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 20 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 $166k/yr, for Senior Business Development Manager, US Army.

What does Planet pay sales and business development professionals at each level?

By the level each title names: manager: a median $123k/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 Planet pay sales and business development professionals more than other space companies?

Planet's median, $129k/yr, is 22% below the $166k/yr median of the 439 open roles for sales and business development professionals at every space company we read (Planet's among them).

Do sales and business development professionals earn more than other roles at Planet?

Planet's roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $129k/yr, 16% below the $153k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Planet salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Planet hire sales and business development professionals?

Its open roles for sales and business development professionals are in Arlington, VA (6), Germany (3), Remote (3), San Francisco, CA (3) and Belgium (1). By place, they post a median of $132k/yr in Arlington, VA and $96.3k/yr in San Francisco, CA.