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DSP salary: $190K median

The median advertised DSP salary is $190K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $150K to $220K: counted from 262 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $91 an hour or $15,854 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $256K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$190Kmedian advertised salary
$150K – $220Kmiddle half of roles
$188Kaverage advertised salary
262roles counted

DSP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $222K, 13% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$198K$182K–$221K93
Lead and above$222K$196K–$256K43
No level in the title$154K$135K–$188K123

DSP salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$215K44
🇺🇸California$193K147
🇺🇸United States$192K254
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$160K50

Skills that pay more for DSP roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
NoSQL$208K+$18K38
Sensor fusion$194K+$4K91
Security clearance$194K+$4K116
Computer Vision$194K+$4K89
C$194K+$4K60

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Oura$236K5
Reliable Robotics$230K8
Lucid Motors$221K3
Lightmatter$216K5
Astranis$215K5
Celero Communications, Inc.$200K5
Anduril Industries$194K84
Muon Space$193K5
Valar Atomics$192K3
General Matter$188K3
Whoop$182K9
Rocket Lab$179K7
K2 Space$172K12
Anysignal$150K5
HawkEye 360$145K28
SpaceX$142K33

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Questions about DSP pay

What is the average DSP salary?
$188K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 262 open DSP postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?
The middle half of the postings offer $150K to $220K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest DSP pay?
Oura ($236K), Reliable Robotics ($230K), Lucid Motors ($221K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a dsp a high-paying job?
The median DSP posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a dsp?
A tenth of the postings offer $256K a year or more; the highest open DSP role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the DSP salary per hour and per month?
The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,854 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $72 to $106 an hour.
Which skills pay more for DSP roles?
Postings that ask for NoSQL (+$18K, 38 postings), Sensor fusion (+$4K, 91 postings), Security clearance (+$4K, 116 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all DSP postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

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