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Vantor Software Engineer Salary

Vantor's 33 open roles for software engineers post a median $149k/yr, typically $123k–$186k/yr, from 23 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Vantor role
median $135k/yr
Vantor's software engineers: 10% above it
Software engineers at every space company
median $169k/yr
Vantor: 12% below it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
Vantor's postings: 10% above it
Highest posted top
$215k/yr
Geospatial Platform Engineer

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.

Vantor software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior5$149k/yr$147k–$178k/yr
Lead1Too few figures
Staff5$149k/yr$123k–$170k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level20$135k/yr$117k–$187k/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 Vantor hires software engineers

  • Herndon, VA10 roles, median $135k/yr
  • Westminster, CO8 roles, median $149k/yr
  • McLean, VA3 roles
  • Arlington, VA2 roles
  • Colorado Springs, CO2 roles
  • United States2 roles
  • Bolling AFB, DC1 role
  • Longmont, CO1 role
  • Melbourne, FL1 role

Open Vantor roles for software engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Questions about Vantor pay for software engineers

How much does Vantor pay software engineers?

Vantor's open roles for software engineers post a median $149k/yr, typically $123k–$186k/yr, from 23 distinct pay figures in 23 of its 33 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 $215k/yr, for Geospatial Platform Engineer.

What does Vantor pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $149k/yr (5 roles); staff: a median $149k/yr (5 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Vantor pay software engineers more than other space companies?

Vantor's median, $149k/yr, is 12% below the $169k/yr median of the 1,992 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (Vantor's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at Vantor?

Vantor's roles for software engineers post a median $149k/yr, 10% above the $135k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Vantor salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Vantor'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); Vantor's posted median, $149k/yr, is 10% 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 Vantor hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Herndon, VA (10), Westminster, CO (8), McLean, VA (3), Arlington, VA (2) and Colorado Springs, CO (2). By place, they post a median of $135k/yr in Herndon, VA and $149k/yr in Westminster, CO.