Palantir FDE Salary
Forward Deployed Engineer compensation at Palantir, from disclosed postings and cited public data.
Cited public data puts Palantir FDE median total compensation near $215K. Figures below are base salary only and carry their source and date; equity and bonus, common at AI labs and startups, push total compensation higher.
Palantir FDE Total Compensation (Public Data)
Palantir does not post salary bands in the job listings FDE Pulse tracks. The figures below are drawn from named public compensation sources and cited in the final column. Confidence: HIGH.
| Level | Base | Total Comp | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FDSE median total comp | $154K | $215K | Levels.fyi (FDSE page) (2026-06) |
| Base salary, DOL H1B 2025 (25 records) | $135K – $238K | – | DOL H1B LCA disclosures (2026-06) |
Compensation is RSU-heavy. The Levels.fyi median breakdown is roughly $154K base, $60K/yr stock, and $13K bonus, on a four-to-five-year vest. Government H1B figures are base salary only, which is why the H1B median base near $153K sits below the $215K total-comp median.
Two independent corroborating sources: an unlocked Levels.fyi FDSE page (median total $215K, range $171K to $415K) and 25 DOL H1B base-salary records for 2025 (median base near $153K, mostly New York).
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