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Viasat Software Engineer Salary

Viasat's 46 open roles for software engineers post a median $181k/yr, typically $153k–$261k/yr, from 31 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Viasat role
median $156k/yr
Viasat's software engineers: 16% above it
Software engineers at every space company
median $168k/yr
Viasat: 8% above it
All US software developers, May 2025
median $136k/yr
Viasat's postings: 33% above it
Highest posted top
$265k/yr
Team Lead, Connectivity Management — Aviation Edge Software (MAS)

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.

Viasat software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Senior13$213k/yr$181k–$261k/yr
Lead4Too few figures
Staff3Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level24$156k/yr$151k–$233k/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 Viasat hires software engineers

  • Carlsbad, CA21 roles, median $181k/yr
  • Germantown, MD9 roles, median $213k/yr
  • Tempe, AZ8 roles, median $181k/yr
  • India5 roles
  • Georgia4 roles, median $154k/yr
  • United Kingdom4 roles
  • Englewood, CO3 roles, median $181k/yr
  • Marlborough, MA3 roles, median $151k/yr
  • Seattle, WA3 roles, median $181k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Viasat pay for software engineers

How much does Viasat pay software engineers?

Viasat's open roles for software engineers post a median $181k/yr, typically $153k–$261k/yr, from 31 distinct pay figures in 31 of its 46 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 $265k/yr, for Team Lead, Connectivity Management — Aviation Edge Software (MAS).

What does Viasat pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $213k/yr (13 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Viasat pay software engineers more than other space companies?

Viasat's median, $181k/yr, is 8% above the $168k/yr median of the 1,733 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (Viasat's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at Viasat?

Viasat's roles for software engineers post a median $181k/yr, 16% above the $156k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Viasat salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Viasat'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); Viasat's posted median, $181k/yr, is 33% 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 Viasat hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Carlsbad, CA (21), Germantown, MD (9), Tempe, AZ (8), India (5) and Georgia (4). By place, they post a median of $181k/yr in Carlsbad, CA, $213k/yr in Germantown, MD and $181k/yr in Tempe, AZ.