AI pay
Forward Deployed Engineer pay
Disclosed yearly base-pay ranges in current Forward Deployed Engineer listings at U.S. AI companies and labs, from the employers’ own job listings. 177 of 211 current listings (84%) disclose one; 151 of those appear only in the job description. Listings last checked Oct 19, 2026.
The figures
- Listings with disclosed pay
- 177
- of 211 current listings
- Median of range midpoints
- $216K
- a year, base pay
- Middle range (25th–75th percentile)
- $168K–$230K
- half of the midpoints fall here
- Remote
- 7%
- 13 of the listings with pay
Which titles count: A listing counts when its title contains “Forward Deployed” or “Forward-Deployed” (a space or any usual dash between the words), or the letters FDE as a whole word, so “Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)” and “Senior FDE” count, and “CFDE” does not. Matching is on the title only, not the job description. Titles such as “Deployed Engineer” or “Partner Deployed Engineer” that do not say Forward Deployed and do not contain a whole-word FDE are left out.
All current Forward Deployed Engineer jobs, with or without pay
The listings behind these figures
| Job | Employer | Location | Yearly range | Midpoint | Pay from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering | Anthropic | New York City, NY | $320,000–$405,000 | $363K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Security Engineer | OpenAI | Washington, DC | $266,000–$445,000 | $356K | Feed |
| Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $302,000–$385,000 | $344K | Feed |
| Principal AI Forward Deployed Engineer | ServiceNow | Santa Clara, California, United States | $221,200–$387,100 | $304K | Description |
| Principal, AI Deployment Strategist, FDE | ServiceNow | New York, New York, United States | $221,200–$387,100 | $304K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Buyout | Harvey | New York | $254,600–$350,000 | $302K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Private Credit | Harvey | New York | $254,600–$350,000 | $302K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (Training) | Baseten | New York +1 | $200,000–$400,000 | $300K | Feed |
| Staff Forward Deployed Engineer | Anthropic | New York City, NY +2 | $280,000–$320,000 | $300K | Description |
| GTM Strategy & Operations, FDE | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $270,000–$310,000 | $290K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (Inference & Post-Training) | Together AI | San Francisco | $270,000–$300,000 | $285K | Description |
| Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | Scale AI | New York, NY +1 | $252,000–$315,000 | $284K | Description |
| Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering | Cloudflare | Hybrid | $244,000–$310,000 | $277K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Solution Engineer – Applied AI FDE | ServiceNow | Remote | $201,300–$352,300 | $277K | Description |
| Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, Creative AI | Adobe | New York +1 | $190,200–$360,500 | $275K | Description |
| Member of Product Staff, Forward Deployed | Abridge | NYC Office +1 | $260,000–$290,000 | $275K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Product Manager, Public Sector | Scale AI | New York, NY +1 | $200,000–$345,000 | $273K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Product Manager, Enterprise | Scale AI | New York, NY | $240,000–$300,000 | $270K | Description |
| Deployment Lead, FDE - SF | OpenAI | New York City +1 | $230,000–$294,000 | $262K | Feed |
| Deployment Lead, FDE- NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $230,000–$294,000 | $262K | Feed |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Gaming | Databricks | United States | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Digital Native Business | Databricks | San Francisco, California | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Financial Services | Databricks | Atlanta, Georgia +4 | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | United States | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Manufacturing & High-Tech | Databricks | United States | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector | Databricks | Washington, D.C. | $219,765–$302,220 | $261K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - SF | OpenAI | San Francisco | $185,000–$325,000 | $255K | Feed |
| Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - CMEG | Databricks | Remote | $211,800–$291,300 | $252K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Baseten | Remote +5 | $165,000–$330,000 | $248K | Feed |
| Senior Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | Scale AI | New York, NY +1 | $216,000–$270,000 | $243K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - SF | OpenAI | San Francisco | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle | OpenAI | Seattle | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - SF | OpenAI | San Francisco | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Healthcare - Seattle | OpenAI | Seattle | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF | OpenAI | New York City | $185,000–$300,000 | $243K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Replit | Foster City, CA +1 | $180,000–$300,000 | $240K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - NYC | OpenAI | New York City | $153,000–$325,000 | $239K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Seattle | OpenAI | Seattle | $153,000–$325,000 | $239K | Feed |
| Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Creative AI | Adobe | New York +2 | $159,200–$301,600 | $230K | Description |
| Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | Adobe | San Jose | $159,200–$301,600 | $230K | Description |
| Senior Forward Deployed Engineer | Cloudflare | Hybrid | $194,000–$266,000 | $230K | Description |
| Senior Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer | Cloudflare | Hybrid | $194,000–$266,000 | $230K | Description |
| Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering- Applied AI | ServiceNow | Santa Clara, California, United States | $166,500–$291,400 | $229K | Description |
| Applied Research - Forward-Deployed | Prime Intellect | New York +1 | $150,000–$300,000 | $225K | Description |
| Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States +1 | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering, Creative AI | Adobe | New York +1 | $147,900–$293,250 | $221K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) | Cloudflare | Hybrid | $184,000–$253,000 | $219K | Description |
| AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE) | Databricks | United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| AI Engineer – Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus) | Databricks | Maryland +2 | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | San Francisco, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | Remote | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | New York City, New York | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | Chicago, Illinois | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer | Databricks | Austin, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Raleigh, North Carolina | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Mountain View, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Denver, Colorado | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Washington, D.C. | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Atlanta, Georgia | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | New York City, New York | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Boston, Massachusetts | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Chicago, Illinois | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Austin, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Dallas, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Seattle, Washington | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | Los Angeles, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games | Databricks | San Francisco, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | West Coast - United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | Seattle, Washington | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | Remote | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | Remote | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | Mountain View, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Digital Native Business | Databricks | San Francisco, California | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Washington, D.C. | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Charlotte, North Carolina | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | New York City, New York | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Chicago, Illinois | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Boston, Massachusetts | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Dallas, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Atlanta, Georgia | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services | Databricks | Central - United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Atlanta, Georgia | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Austin, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Dallas, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Chicago, Illinois | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Boston, Massachusetts | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | New York City, New York | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing | Databricks | Seattle, Washington | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing | Databricks | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing | Databricks | Boston, Massachusetts | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Manufacturing | Databricks | New York City, New York | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector | Databricks | Remote +2 | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security | Databricks | Washington, D.C. | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Remote | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Denver, Colorado | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Dallas, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Chicago, Illinois | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Austin, Texas | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Central - United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail | Databricks | Northeast - United States +1 | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security | Databricks | Remote +7 | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security | Databricks | United States | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector | Databricks | Alabama +12 | $182,000–$250,208 | $216K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector | Scale AI | Austin, TX +5 | $138,000–$292,560 | $215K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - ML | Modal | New York +1 | $180,000–$250,000 | $215K | Feed |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | Glean | New York, NY | $160,000–$270,000 | $215K | Description |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | Glean | Remote | $160,000–$270,000 | $215K | Description |
| Founding Forward Deployed Engineer | Glean | Mountain View, CA | $160,000–$270,000 | $215K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Gov | OpenAI | San Francisco +2 | $145,800–$280,000 | $213K | Feed |
| Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - DNB | Databricks | San Francisco, California | $178,800–$245,850 | $212K | Description |
| Senior Forward Deployed Engineer, AI Agents | CoreWeave | Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA | $182,000–$242,000 | $212K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Systems | Modal | New York +1 | $180,000–$240,000 | $210K | Feed |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | All Hands AI (OpenHands) | Remote +1 | $175,000–$240,000 | $208K | Feed |
| Lead Field Technical Program Manager, FDE - Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel, Transportation & Hospitality | Databricks | United States | $151,400–$260,150 | $206K | Description |
| Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering) | Scale AI | New York, NY +1 | $180,000–$225,000 | $203K | Description |
| Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Gaming | Databricks | Dallas, Texas +2 | $143,000–$245,850 | $194K | Description |
| Lead Engagement Manager, FDE - Healthcare & Life Sciences | Databricks | Central - United States +2 | $143,000–$245,850 | $194K | Description |
| Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed | Anduril Industries | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior Product Manager, Forward Deployed | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector | Databricks | United States | $152,900–$210,155 | $182K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Creative [US] | Luma AI | Remote | $145,000–$205,000 | $175K | Feed |
| Forward-Deployed Engineer | Vercel | Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin | $137,000–$207,000 | $172K | Description |
| Sr. Delivery Partner Manager, FDE | Databricks | Central - United States +2 | $124,800–$214,500 | $170K | Description |
| Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, FDE | Databricks | United States | $124,800–$214,500 | $170K | Description |
| Forward Deployed AI Engineer | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Honolulu, HI | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2 | Palantir | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems C2 | Palantir | Seattle, WA | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intel | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Laurel, MD | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Norfolk, VA | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Kitsap, WA | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Fayetteville, NC | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | San Diego, CA | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Warp Speed | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$200,000 | $168K | Description |
| Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, FDE - Public Sector | Databricks | Washington, D.C. | $140,400–$193,050 | $167K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Honolulu, HI | $125,000–$200,000 | $163K | Description |
| Sr. Engagement Manager, FDE - Financial Services | Databricks | Northeast - United States | $115,800–$199,100 | $157K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $125,000–$185,000 | $155K | Description |
| Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights | Adobe | San Francisco +2 | $109,000–$200,700 | $155K | Description |
| Sr. Engagement Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector | Databricks | Remote +1 | $130,300–$179,200 | $155K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $110,000–$175,000 | $143K | Description |
| Deployment Strategist - Japan Forward Deployed | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $110,000–$170,000 | $140K | Description |
| Deployment Strategist - Korea Forward Deployed | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $110,000–$170,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | Honolulu, HI | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial | Palantir | Chicago, IL | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Commercial | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Intel, US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government | Palantir | New York, NY | $135,000–$145,000 | $140K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer, Air Defense (FDE) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $113,000–$155,000 | $134K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success | Palantir | Washington, D.C. | $110,000–$147,000 | $129K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Enablement Engineer - Customer Success | Palantir | New York, NY | $110,000–$147,000 | $129K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Reliability Engineer | Palantir | New York, NY | $110,000–$147,000 | $129K | Description |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $95,000–$110,000 | $103K | Description |
All 177 listings with pay. Every listing with pay in the Jobs directory (the directory’s “shows pay” also includes hourly and other pay).
How these figures are computed
Method. Only pay employers disclose: the yearly U.S.-dollar base range in the employer’s job feed, or, when the feed gives none, a range stated in the employer’s own job description (labelled “description”). Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range (a listing with several location tiers spans its lowest to its highest figure). The median and the middle range (25th to 75th percentile) are of those midpoints. Listings are the current ones in the Jobs directory’s default view: a U.S. location, or no location that can be read.
Left out. Hourly, monthly, open-ended (“up to”), and non-dollar pay; ranges the employer labels as on-target earnings (base plus commission), bonus, equity, or total compensation; ranges with a lower end under $10,000 or an upper end over $2,000,000 a year (not plausible as a yearly base). Nothing is converted, annualized, or estimated. A group is shown only with at least 10 listings with pay.
Caveats. Posted ranges are what employers advertise, not what anyone is paid; many employers (and many states) post wide ranges, and listings without pay are not represented. Sales roles often state on-target earnings (base plus commission) without labelling them, so their figures may include commission. Role groups come from title rules, not job descriptions. There is no trend yet: USASI keeps no history of listings or pay, so each figure is for the listings current when this page was built.
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