Palantir
Denver, CO · founded 2003
Palantir is the intense, mission-driven data-software company that has become one of the market's biggest stories, with its stock soaring on AI demand and its addition to the S&P 500 in 2024. It builds data-integration and analytics platforms (Gotham, Foundry, AIP) for government, defense and, increasingly, commercial customers, and it wears its values loudly. The culture is polarising: deeply mission-focused, in-person and demanding, with a strong point of view about the West and national security that draws people in or puts them off. It relocated its headquarters from Denver to Miami in early 2026. Benefits documented in its US postings include medical, dental and vision, voluntary and basic life, take-what-you-need PTO, ten holidays, fertility and family-building support (adoption, surrogacy, preservation), subsidised back-up care and a 401(k) plan. It suits people who want frontier data work and a strong identity, and is a poor fit for anyone who wants a low-key, apolitical job.
see the full file on Palantirdocumented benefits (23)
| Fertility support | yes |
|---|---|
| Help paying for childcare | yes |
| Backup care | yes |
| Caregiver leave | offered |
| Mental health | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Office policy | In-office is encouraged ('better together'); many teams offer hybrid (work from home a day or two a week); a limited number of roles are remote on an exceptional basis; all offices close for two weeks in December. |
| Fully remote roles | yes |
| Unlimited PTO | yes |
| Company shutdown | 2 weeks |
| Flexible hours | yes |
| Commuter benefit | yes |
| Pet-friendly office | yes |
| Gym / fitness subsidy | yes |
| Median filed wage | $162,500 |
| Gender pay gap, median | 12% |
| Gender pay gap, mean | 9% |
| Bonus gap, median | 51% |
| Women in the top pay quartile | 23% |
| Women in the workforce | 27.5% |
what Palantir pays
Median of 16 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $162,500.
Half of Palantir's certified filings fall between $145,000 and $200,000.
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- Families, friends and pets are welcome around the offices
- Cash stipend to help with the expenses that come with a new child
- Wellbeing program with access to virtual therapy, coaching, complementary medicine and meditation
- New hires get a matched mentor and an onboarding cohort from day one
- No traditional career ladders — growth is built around each person's strengths and interests
- Supportive leave-of-absence program including paid time off for military service
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by Palantir. It applies to every employer in Denver, CO.
| IVF cycles the state covers | THERE IS NO FEDERAL MANDATE. No US law requires an employer health plan to cover IVF or any infertility treatment, so coverage comes either from the insurance mandate in the state where the plan is written or from the employer's own choice. And the state mandates reach less far than they look: they bind fully insured plans bought from a state-regulated carrier, while a self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted from state insurance regulation. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan, and 80% of those at firms of 200 or more — so at the size of employer this site mostly covers, the state mandate usually does not apply, and any fertility benefit is a genuine company choice rather than a restatement of law. That is precisely why it belongs on a benefits page here. Perks has not yet read this employer's own state insurance mandate from an official source; the states that have been read carry their own entry. (No federal statute requires an employer health plan to cover infertility treatment or IVF. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts state insurance regulation as applied to self-funded employer plans, which is why a state mandate does not reach them.) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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