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Loft Orbital Salary

Loft Orbital Salary

Loft Orbital pays a median of $165K ($155K–$175K) across 30 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $155K–$175K salary range

Median: $165K  ·  Based on 30 public Loft Orbital job postings  ·  Updated September 3, 2026


This Loft Orbital salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Loft Orbital · pay benchmark · updated September 3, 2026
$165K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$155K–$175K
Typical range
$240K view JD
Highest base · Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
30
Open roles
~6 yrs
Typical exp.
+9
25 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 80% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$165K (8)
Senior
$170K (13)
Salary by department · median & top base
software
$165K · $198K top (6)
mission & program engineering
$160K · $205K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
Go $171KSegment $170KDocker $165KKubernetes $165KReact $165KPython $163KGraphQL $160K

Highest-paying open roles at Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital salary by department

  • software: $165K median · $198K top base — Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments (view JD) (6 roles)
  • mission & program engineering: $160K median · $205K top base — Senior Earth Observation Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)

Loft Orbital salary by seniority

  • Mid: $165K median · $198K top base — Onboard Software Engineer - Deployment & Runtime Environments (view JD) (8)
  • Senior: $170K median · $240K top base — Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (view JD) (13)

Loft Orbital salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $165K median · $190K top base — Technical Program Manager, Customer Delivery (view JD) (5)

Loft Orbital salary by location

  • San Francisco: $170K median · $239K top base — Site Reliability Engineer (Network) (view JD) (11 roles)

Remote work at Loft Orbital

0% of Loft Orbital's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Loft Orbital looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (11) · Docker (6) · Kubernetes (3) · CI/CD (3) · GraphQL (3) · FastAPI (2) · GCP (2) · TypeScript (2) · React (2) · Vue (2).

Benefits & perks at Loft Orbital

Commonly listed: dental (25) · vision (25) · hsa-fsa (25) · 401k (25) · life-ins (25) · parental (25) · relocation (25).

About Loft Orbital

Loft Orbital is Series C stage · 251–500 employees · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Loft Orbital

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 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; 80% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Loft Orbital hiring activity

Loft Orbital has 30 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 30 public job postings with disclosed pay. 9 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (25 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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Voyager Technologies$145K↓ -12%Public
Ursa Major$130K↓ -22%Series E
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Sierra Space$141K↓ -14%Series C

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Common questions

What does Loft Orbital pay?
The median pay is $165K, with a typical range of $155K–$175K, based on 30 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Loft Orbital?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, at $180K–$240K base.

Which team pays the most at Loft Orbital?
The software team, at a $165K 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 30 public Loft Orbital 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 3, 2026.

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