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Apex Mechanical Engineer Salary

Apex's 11 open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $148k/yr, typically $142k–$195k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Apex role
median $158k/yr
Apex's mechanical engineers: 6% below it
Mechanical engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
Apex: 2% above it
All US mechanical engineers, May 2025
median $104k/yr
Apex's postings: 42% above it
Highest posted top
$195k/yr
Mechanisms Engineer, Payloads

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Apex mechanical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior1Too few figures
Title names no level10$148k/yr$141k–$195k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Open Apex roles for mechanical engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Apex pay for mechanical engineers

How much does Apex pay mechanical engineers?

Apex's open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $148k/yr, typically $142k–$195k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 11 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $195k/yr, for Mechanisms Engineer, Payloads .

Does Apex pay mechanical engineers more than other space companies?

Apex's median, $148k/yr, is 2% above the $145k/yr median of the 1,111 open roles for mechanical engineers at every space company we read (Apex's among them).

Do mechanical engineers earn more than other roles at Apex?

Apex's roles for mechanical engineers post a median $148k/yr, 6% below the $158k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Apex salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Apex's pay for mechanical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of mechanical engineers at $104k/yr (May 2025); Apex's posted median, $148k/yr, is 42% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Apex hire mechanical engineers?

Its open roles for mechanical engineers are in Los Angeles, CA (11).