Sales professional salary
Space employers offer sales and business development professionals a median of $168k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $137k–$208k. That comes from 135 jobs at 42 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$136,890/hr
- Median (50th)$167,500/hr
- 75th percentile$207,500/hr
- Distinct posted rates135
- Jobs stating an hourly rate135
- Employers42
The median is the middle of the 135 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $136,890–$207,500 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$136,890/hr
- Median (50th)$167,500/hr
- 75th percentile$207,500/hr
- Distinct posted rates135
- Jobs stating an hourly rate135
- Employers42
The median is the middle of the 135 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $136,890–$207,500 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted pay, a year$167,500
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$80.53/hr
Every figure here is a year's pay: a job that posts pay counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks). Rounded to the nearest $100.
- SpaceX15 jobs
- Amazon Leo12 jobs
- Northrop Grumman11 jobs
- Iridium9 jobs
- Planet7 jobs
- CesiumAstro6 jobs
- Astranis6 jobs
- BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems5 jobs
- Lockheed Martin5 jobs
- Teledyne5 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 81 at the 10 shown and 54 at 32 other employers, 135 in all.
The jobs themselves: Sales professional jobs
What sales and business development professionals are paid
How many postings fall in each salary step, a range counted at its midpoint; the darker bars are the middle half of what employers offer.
Median $168k a year. Middle half $137k to $208k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 135 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $168k. 68% of the 198 open sales professional jobs state pay.
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Sales professional pay by employer
What each employer posts for sales and business development professionals, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
Sales professional pay by state
States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state pay, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.
| State | Median posted | Middle half | BLS median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $180k | $125k–$225k | n/a | 33 |
| Arizona | $165k | $154k–$198k | n/a | 8 |
| Virginia | $158k | $138k–$208k | n/a | 29 |
| District of Columbia | $153k | $145k–$225k | n/a | 13 |
| California | $150k | $135k–$188k | n/a | 57 |
Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (latest release).
Best-paid open sales professional jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$175,000–$600,000/yr
$280,000–$330,000/yr
$252,560–$347,270/yr
$219,000–$365,000/yr
$243,360–$310,960/yr- $229,600–$315,700/yr
$235,000–$306,000/yr- $235,000–$306,000/yr
$225,000–$290,000/yr
$220,000–$290,000/yr
$176,900–$332,400/yr
$180,000–$325,000/yr
Every open job: Sales professional jobs
Questions about sales professional pay in space
What do space companies pay sales and business development professionals?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $168k a year and the middle half at $137k–$208k, across 135 postings from 42 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $80.53/hr an hour.
Where do sales and business development professionals earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: Colorado ($180k), Arizona ($165k) and Virginia ($158k) come first, California ($150k), District of Columbia ($153k) and Virginia ($158k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay sales and business development professionals the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: CesiumAstro ($228k), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems ($207k) and Astranis ($188k). The employer table covers the 40 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 135 of 198 current sales professional postings (68%) state one. Nothing is estimated for a posting without pay, "up to" ceilings are set aside, and an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours.
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Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
Cite this page
SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Sales professional salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/sales-professionals