Blue State
Custom Software Development · Creative Agencies
14open roles
$170kmedian advertised pay
Growinghiring pace, 55 of 100
50+people
Overview
Blue State is an independent, full-service strategy, creative, and technology firm based in the US and UK. We drive growth and meaningful change for leading nonprofits, causes, campaigns, and companies.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 14 open roles at Blue State. The median pay stated in its open roles is $170k, across 8 postings that state pay.
- Open roles
- 14Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Median advertised pay
- $170kPay stated in 8 open postings
- Technologies in its job postings
- 11Named in its job postings
How Blue State hires
Truth index
D 45/100
Ghost roles
92%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Blue State scores D on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 92% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$91k – $93k per year · Hybrid · 5+ years exp · United States
PHP
WordPress
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$120k – $180k per year · Hybrid · Contractor · 3+ years exp · United States
PHP
WordPress
Management
Jira
Agile
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≈ $107k – $205k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · 7+ years exp · United States
Python
SQL
Snowflake
Google BigQuery
Analytics
ETL/ELT
A/B Testing
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$170k – $220k per year · In office · Contractor · 3+ years exp · United States
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≈ $85k – $251k per year (Estimated) · Hybrid · 6+ years exp · United States
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$170k
Typical range
$80k – $220k
Open positions
8
8
Jobs
Junior
12.5%
Middle
50%
Senior
25%
Staff
12.5%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $170k | $170k |
| Middle | 4 | $180k | $88k – $220k |
| Senior | 2 | $132k | $93k – $170k |
| Staff | 1 | $80k | $80k |
Highest paying role
Contract UX Designer (Evergreen)
$220k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Blue State
By role, level and city, against the market · 8 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
55/100
Growing
Open positions
14
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
113 days
faster than 10% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
100% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Google Workspace to stack
Oct 2026
New location: London
Oct 2026
New location: United States
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Blue State over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
11
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
71/100
Languages
PHP
Python
SQL
Databases
Google BigQuery
Snowflake
Cloud & platforms
Figma
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Full Blue State tech stack
11 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
5
Hiring now
4
Countries
2
Busiest office
Oakland
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Headquarters
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Oakland
United States
Regional office
Oakland
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics
New York
United States
Regional office
New York
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
London
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing
Washington
United States
Regional office
DC
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $170k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics
Chicago
United States
Regional office
Chicago
How to cite this page
Alion, "Blue State: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/bluestate
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