Blue Origin pay · 30 Oct 2026
How much does Blue Origin pay?
Our researched rate card for Blue Origin reads Stated per posting (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings state a base pay range per US state where the law requires it ("Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $169,624 ..."). The board reads Blue Origin's listing only, so it shows no pay figure for its roles; the range is on each posting.
Blue Origin pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets Blue Origin's open roles in one discipline next to that discipline across all employers, so you can tell whether it pays above or below the going rate. Typical pay means 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. Click a figure for the roles behind it.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Every employer | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technicians | 291 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Mechanical | 234 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Systems & Test | 169 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Avionics | 150 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Programs & Business | 146 | No rate stated | $109k–$241k/yr1,161 roles | None stated |
| Software & IT | 89 | No rate stated | $135k–$265k/yr900 roles | None stated |
| Flight Software | 84 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Quality | 83 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Supply Chain | 82 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| RF & Payloads | 44 | No rate stated | $133k–$270k/yr256 roles | None stated |
| Propulsion | 36 | No rate stated | $104k–$215k/yr230 roles | None stated |
| Launch & Ops | 28 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| other | 6 | No rate stated | No band | None stated |
| Science & Data | 2 | No rate stated | $119k–$223k/yr126 roles | None stated |
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What Blue Origin says it pays
Stated per posting, per our researched rate card (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings state a base pay range per US state where the law requires it ("Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $169,624 ..."). The board reads Blue Origin's listing only, so it shows no pay figure for its roles; the range is on each posting. How rate cards are compiled.
Blue Origin pay: questions
How much does Blue Origin pay?
Our researched rate card for Blue Origin reads Stated per posting (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings state a base pay range per US state where the law requires it ("Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $169,624 ..."). The board reads Blue Origin's listing only, so it shows no pay figure for its roles; the range is on each posting.
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