Export controls salary: $198K median
The median advertised Export controls salary is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $219K: counted from 183 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $95 an hour or $16,458 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $246K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Export controls jobs
$198Kmedian advertised salary
$165K – $219Kmiddle half of roles
$193Kaverage advertised salary
183roles counted
Export controls salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 11% more than senior roles ($202K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $202K | $183K–$219K | 68 |
| Lead and above | $224K | $203K–$254K | 43 |
| No level in the title | $168K | $142K–$200K | 71 |
Export controls salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $202K | 97 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $201K | 151 |
| 🇺🇸California | $201K | 125 |
Skills that pay more for Export controls roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| C++ | $208K | +$10K | 39 |
| Test automation | $202K | +$4K | 20 |
| Python | $202K | +$4K | 76 |
| Linux | $202K | +$4K | 24 |
| FPGA | $202K | +$4K | 19 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Muon Space | $201K | 123 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 13 |
| Rocket Lab | $150K | 5 |
| Shield AI | $134K | 3 |
| True Anomaly | $132K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $98K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Export controls roles
All Export controls jobs- Sanctions Compliance LeadAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$270K - $345KLead and aboveThreat intelligenceAuditBig Four
- Associate General Counsel, CommercialDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $325KRegulatory complianceBar admissionIntellectual property
- Director, Strategic Digital TechnologyArcher · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$249K - $311KLead and abovePMPNISTFedRAMP
- VP of Government AffairsPicogrid · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$250K - $310KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceExport controls
- Senior Product ManagerMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$272K - $307KSeniorSQLAgileData modeling
- Director of Contracts – InternationalSaronic · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$192K - $304KLead and aboveContract managementSanctions screeningExport controls
- Principal Software Engineer, Mission DesignMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$266K - $298KLead and abovePythonC++Machine Learning
- Principal Engineer, cUAS Lead, OmenAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$220K - $292KLead and abovePythonC++MATLAB
- Senior Director, Business Development, Maritime (International Programs)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Washington, District of Columbia, United States$220K - $292KLead and aboveComputer VisionSecurity clearanceExport controls
- Associate General CounselVast · 🇺🇸Houston, Texas, United States; Long Beach, California, Un…$196K - $279KSecurity clearanceBar admissionExport controls
- Senior Engineer ICoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$215K - $254KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Director, Mission ManagementVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$186K - $251KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceContract negotiationExport controls
- Senior Counsel, Commercial & Government ContractsRigetti · Remote$220K - $250KRemoteSeniorLaw degreeBar admissionContract drafting
- Regulatory Compliance CounselHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$200K - $250KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP
- Director, Governance, Risk & ComplianceApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$200K - $250KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceCISSPCISM
- Enterprise Systems LeadGeneral Matter · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$185K - $245KLead and aboveAWSSAPNetSuite
- Senior Corporate Counsel (Domestic)LeoLabs, Inc. · 🇺🇸Chantilly, VA$222K - $237KSeniorSecurity clearanceM&AEmployee relations
- Senior Facility Security OfficerSwarmaero · Oxnard$170K - $225KHybridSeniorSAPSecurity clearanceIncident response
- Senior Specialist Field Engineer, Federal SecurityCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$165K - $220KSeniorKubernetesSecurity clearanceCISSP
- Systems Integration & Test (SI&T) Manager - Combat SystemSaronic · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$176K - $220KGoSecurity clearanceExport controls
Questions about Export controls pay
- What is the average Export controls salary?
- $193K a year on average and $198K at the median, across 183 open Export controls 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 $165K to $219K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Export controls pay?
- Muon Space ($201K), Anduril Industries ($172K), Rocket Lab ($150K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an export controls a high-paying job?
- The median Export controls posting advertises $198K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an export controls?
- A tenth of the postings offer $246K a year or more; the highest open Export controls role advertises up to $345K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Export controls salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $198K a year is about $95 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,458 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $79 to $105 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Export controls roles?
- Postings that ask for C++ (+$10K, 39 postings), Test automation (+$4K, 20 postings), Python (+$4K, 76 postings) advertise more than the $198K median of all Export controls 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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The median advertised salary for Export controls roles at companies is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $165K to $219K. Counted from 183 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/export-controls/
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