> 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. # FDE salary when travel is required but the amount is not stated Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/salary/travel-required Median salary $195,000 a year across 1,061 jobs. See what FDE postings that require travel without stating how much pay. **1,394** postings · **552** companies · **1,061** with pay · median **$195,000** · middle half $163,000–$223,000 · read Nov 8, 2026 ## These postings against the US The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K These postings Middle half $163,000 to $223,000, median $195,000. 1,061 postings [All US postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) Middle half $160,000 to $225,000, median $193,000. - [2,434 postings](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?disclosed=1) ## By responsibility level The faint line is the $193K median across all US postings. $193K Junior Middle half $111,000 to $180,000, median $135,000. 11 postings Mid Middle half $133,000 to $168,000, median $150,000. 37 postings Senior Middle half $162,000 to $216,000, median $191,000. 837 postings Staff+ Middle half $203,000 to $258,000, median $225,000. 158 postings [Thomson Reuters](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/thomson-reuters) ### [Senior Legal Engineer, CoCounsel FDE](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ef7a2e5d13b23d62) Frisco, TX · New York, NY · +7 more Hybrid Yesterday $102,200–$218,600 [Suki AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/suki-ai) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/12d765d673cd368d) Redwood City, CA Yesterday $225,000–$250,000 [Monte Carlo](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/monte-carlo) ### [Applied Forward Deployed Engineer (Post-Sales)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/4593abbbddffbf3a) US Remote Yesterday $140,000–$180,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/20d2f37618650476) San Francisco, CA Hybrid Yesterday $185,000–$300,000 [Clera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clera) ### [Founding Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/17886955cf8079ec) San Francisco, CA · New York, NY Hybrid 2d ago $130,000–$215,000 [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 2d ago $143,700–$223,600 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Life Sciences - NYC](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/f19e00cc711f7d8d) New York, NY Hybrid Yesterday $185,000–$300,000 [Databricks](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/databricks) ### [Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/440870dea6def209) Berkeley, CA · Kansas City, MO · +1 more Remote 2d ago $182,000–$250,208 [Clutch](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/clutch) ### [Senior Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9a66d5225152e662) US Remote 3d ago $158,000–$210,000 [Twenty](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/twenty) ### [Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/18c2eb0f60fcfda6) Fort Meade, MD On-site 3d ago $192,000–$455,000 [OpenAI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/openai) ### [Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/5a5eb13cea3121c0) San Francisco, CA Hybrid 2d ago $185,000–$300,000 699 of these 1,061 jobs build what the customer runs. This group is postings that say travel is required without giving a percentage. Postings that state a percentage and postings that do not mention travel are separate groups. 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)