# Forward deployed engineer salary: $180,000–$250,208 a year

Every number below comes from 771 tracked live postings whose title matches "forward deployed engineer". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=348 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median forward deployed engineer posting offers $180,000–$250,208 a year (n=348).
- 37% of the 771 live postings matching "forward deployed engineer" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) forward deployed engineers list $185,000–$261,500, vs $135,000–$200,000 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 15 | $135,000–$145,000 |
| Mid-level | 80 | $143,700–$207,600 |
| Senior | 179 | $182,000–$250,208 |
| Lead | 23 | $200,100–$320,000 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 113 | $180,000–$254,650 |
| On-site / hybrid | 235 | $175,100–$250,200 |

## Companies hiring forward deployed engineers

- [Databricks](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/databricks) (98)
- [Palantir](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/palantir) (72)
- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (63)
- [Salesforce](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/salesforce) (60)
- [OpenAI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/openai) (28)
- [Rogo](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/rogo) (18)
- [GSK](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/gsk) (12)
- [Mistral AI](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/mistral-ai) (12)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "forward deployed engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 348 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Forward deployed engineer salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median forward deployed engineer salary?**

Across 348 live US postings for forward deployed engineers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $180,000–$250,208 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many forward deployed engineers jobs are remote?**

37% of the 348 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 191 postings build AI and 147 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/forward-deployed-engineer

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/forward-deployed-engineer. Measured November 2026.

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