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Katalyst Salary

Katalyst Salary

Katalyst pays a median of $143K ($125K–$177K) across 40 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $125K–$177K salary range

Median: $143K  ·  Based on 40 public Katalyst job postings  ·  Updated September 9, 2026


This Katalyst salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Katalyst · pay benchmark · updated September 9, 2026
$143K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$125K–$177K
Typical range
$280K view JD
Highest base · Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer
40
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+13
30 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$125K (17)
Senior
$160K (7)
Salary by department · median & top base
gtm
$200K · $260K top (5)
guidance, navigation, and control
$183K · $280K top (6)
software engineering
$128K · $165K top (7)
engineering
$125K · $260K top (13)
Highest-paying skills
Git $190KPython $143K

Highest-paying open roles at Katalyst

Katalyst salary by department

  • gtm: $200K median · $260K top base — Vice President of Product (view JD) (5 roles)
  • guidance, navigation, and control: $183K median · $280K top base — Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)
  • software engineering: $128K median · $165K top base — Software Engineer, Ground Software (view JD) (7 roles)
  • engineering: $125K median · $260K top base — Director of Engineering, Spacecraft (view JD) (13 roles)

Katalyst salary by seniority

  • Mid: $125K median · $165K top base — Software Engineer, Ground Software (view JD) (17)
  • Senior: $160K median · $240K top base — Senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer, Space Systems (view JD) (7)

Katalyst salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $145K median · $225K top base — Mechanical Engineering Manager (view JD) (5)

What Katalyst looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (14) · GAAP (2) · Accounts Payable (2) · Accounts Receivable (2) · Financial Reporting (2) · Budgeting (2) · Forecasting (2) · CI/CD (2) · Team Leadership (2) · Soldering (1).

About Katalyst

Katalyst is 11–50 employees · founded 2015 · HQ Las Vegas, NV. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Katalyst

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 14 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 100% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Katalyst total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Katalyst hiring activity

Katalyst has 40 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 40 public job postings with disclosed pay. 13 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (30 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Katalyst pay?
The median pay is $143K, with a typical range of $125K–$177K, based on 40 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Katalyst?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer, at $180K–$280K base.

Which team pays the most at Katalyst?
The gtm team, at a $200K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 40 public Katalyst job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed September 9, 2026.

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