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Palantir Salary

Palantir Salary

Palantir pays a median of $153K ($127K–$168K) across 214 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $127K–$168K salary range

Median: $153K  ·  Based on 214 public Palantir job postings  ·  Updated August 9, 2026


This Palantir 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

Palantir · pay benchmark · updated August 9, 2026
$153K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$127K–$168K
Typical range
$250K view JD
Highest base · Software Engineer, New Grad
214
Open roles
~3 yrs
Typical exp.
+28
80 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 90% of roles mention equity · rsu
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$105K (10)
Mid
$133K (63)
Senior
$168K (97)
Staff
$173K (24)
Pay by location
New York $150K (80)Seattle $168K (15)Denver $123K (3)Remote $173K (3)
Highest-paying skills
Azure $173KTerraform $170KGo $168KPython $168KTypeScript $168KAWS $168KSaml $168KOauth $168K

Highest-paying open roles at Palantir

Palantir salary by seniority

  • Junior: $105K median · $145K top base — Embedded Legal Engineer (view JD) (10)
  • Mid: $133K median · $200K top base — Neurodivergent Fellowship (view JD) (63)
  • Senior: $168K median · $200K top base — Platform Engineer - Identity Infrastructure (view JD) (97)
  • Staff: $173K median · $250K top base — Software Engineer, New Grad (view JD) (24)

Palantir salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $127K median · $200K top base — Software Engineer - Mission Manager (view JD) (20)

Palantir salary by location

  • New York: $150K median · $240K top base — Legal Counsel - US Government (view JD) (80 roles)
  • Seattle: $168K median · $200K top base — Software Engineer - Edge AI Systems (view JD) (15 roles)
  • Denver: $123K median · $160K top base — Technical Accounting Manager (view JD) (3 roles)
  • Remote: $173K median · $200K top base — Software Engineer - Apollo Systems (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Palantir

2% of Palantir's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $173K median vs $140K onsite.

What Palantir looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (100) · Java (80) · Go (72) · JavaScript (57) · TypeScript (39) · Kubernetes (33) · React (29) · CI/CD (25) · AWS (23) · Rust (22).

Benefits & perks at Palantir

Commonly listed: dental (192) · vision (192) · 401k (192) · commuter (192) · life-ins (192) · pto (192) · relocation (113).

About Palantir

Palantir is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2003 · HQ Denver, Colorado. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Palantir

Roles typically ask for around 3 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 26 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are 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; 90% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Palantir total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% of roles list a bonus. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Palantir hiring activity

Palantir has 214 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 214 public job postings with disclosed pay. 28 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (80 in the last 90).

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Cribl$164K↑ +8%Series E

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Common questions

What does Palantir pay?
The median pay is $153K, with a typical range of $127K–$168K, based on 214 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Palantir?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Software Engineer, New Grad, at $160K–$250K base.

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 214 public Palantir 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 August 9, 2026.

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