> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # On-site FDE salary Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/on-site Median salary $198,000 a year across 552 jobs. See what on-site FDE postings pay and what to confirm about relocation and travel. **829** postings · **435** companies · **552** with pay · median **$198,000** · middle half $165,000–$237,000 · read Nov 6, 2026 ## These postings against the US The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K These postings Middle half $165,000 to $237,000, median $198,000. 552 postings [All US postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) Middle half $160,000 to $225,000, median $193,000. - [2,430 postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) ## By responsibility level The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K Mid Middle half $129,000 to $163,000, median $146,000. 26 postings Senior Middle half $165,000 to $235,000, median $200,000. 450 postings Staff+ Middle half $193,000 to $288,000, median $231,000. 56 postings [jeffreym-consulting](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/jeffreym-consulting) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/160095c9c45ee8af) San Francisco, CA On-site 2d ago $180,000–$250,000 [Amazon (incl AWS)](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/amazon-incl-aws) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/e4b5aa282dcdc7d7) East Palo Alto, CA · San Francisco, CA · +3 more On-site 2d ago $143,700–$223,600 [Ajax](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ajax) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d4e6543d37b1522) New York, NY On-site 2d ago $210,000–$270,000 [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) ### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c2eb0f60fcfda6) Fort Meade, MD On-site 2d ago $192,000–$455,000 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dfe338dad6dac3cb) Somerville, MA On-site 3d ago $150,000–$200,000 [Concurrence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concurrence) ### [Staff Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6fc4932d5c7940bc) New York, NY On-site 5d ago $240,000–$300,000 [Endeavor](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/endeavor) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d9b832dd64d37c26) Chicago, IL On-site 5d ago $150,000–$180,000 [Aurelian](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/aurelian) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4261eb924e4d3dcb) Seattle, WA On-site 5d ago $100,000–$120,000 [Generalist AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/generalist-ai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f13c7e99d08d7c7e) San Mateo, CA On-site 3d ago $150,000–$200,000 [Concurrence](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/concurrence) ### [Senior Applied AI Engineer (Forward Deployed) [NYC or SF]](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/d7f8666921b5b55f) New York, NY On-site 6d ago $200,000–$260,000 [ChipAgents](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chipagents) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2ff7b7b2f9e8f946) San Jose, CA On-site 9d ago $180,000–$300,000 [Medra](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/medra) ### [Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d9b4f103b1afb83) San Francisco, CA On-site 11d ago $130,000–$210,000 299 of these 552 jobs build what the customer runs. On-site means the posting states office-based work. It does not say whether relocation is supported or how much travel comes on top. Employer postings · Calculated from posted salary amounts · [How we read postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/method) ## Related reading - [Remote work and travel in FDE roles](https://nextmove.md/fde/research/remote-work-and-travel) - [How to compare FDE job offers](https://nextmove.md/fde/resources/compare-fde-offers) ## Related salary guides - [Hybrid FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/hybrid) - [Remote FDE salary](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/remote)