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Apex Systems Engineer Salary

Apex's 10 open roles for systems engineers post a median $180k/yr, typically $144k–$215k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Apex role
median $155k/yr
Apex's systems engineers: 16% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Apex: 18% above it
Highest posted top
$215k/yr
Senior RF/Comms System Engineer

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 systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Senior3$178k/yr$171k–$210k/yr
Lead2Too few figures
Staff1Too few figures
Title names no level3$138k/yr$136k–$191k/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 systems engineers, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Apex pay for systems engineers

How much does Apex pay systems engineers?

Apex's open roles for systems engineers post a median $180k/yr, typically $144k–$215k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 10 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 $215k/yr, for Senior RF/Comms System Engineer.

What does Apex pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $178k/yr (3 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Apex pay systems engineers more than other space companies?

Apex's median, $180k/yr, is 18% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Apex's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Apex?

Apex's roles for systems engineers post a median $180k/yr, 16% above the $155k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Apex salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Apex hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Los Angeles, CA (10).