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Blue Origin GNC Engineer Salary

Blue Origin's 34 open roles for GNC engineers post a median $177k/yr, typically $145k–$254k/yr, from 14 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

GNC engineers at every space company
median $170k/yr
Blue Origin: 4% above it
All US aerospace engineers, May 2025
median $135k/yr
Blue Origin's postings: 31% above it
Highest posted top
$277k/yr
Guidance and Control Engineer Sr

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.

Blue Origin GNC engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Level II8$148k/yr$139k–$173k/yr
Level III7Too few figures
Senior10$203k/yr$188k–$265k/yr
Principal or fellow2Too few figures
Title names no level5Too few figures

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.

Where Blue Origin hires GNC engineers

  • United States16 roles
  • Greater Seattle Area, WA11 roles, median $185k/yr
  • Denver, CO6 roles, median $148k/yr
  • Space Coast, FL1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about Blue Origin pay for GNC engineers

How much does Blue Origin pay GNC engineers?

Blue Origin's open roles for GNC engineers post a median $177k/yr, typically $145k–$254k/yr, from 14 distinct pay figures in 14 of its 34 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 $277k/yr, for Guidance and Control Engineer Sr.

What does Blue Origin pay GNC engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $148k/yr (8 roles); senior: a median $203k/yr (10 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Blue Origin pay GNC engineers more than other space companies?

Blue Origin's median, $177k/yr, is 4% above the $170k/yr median of the 329 open roles for GNC engineers at every space company we read (Blue Origin's among them).

How does Blue Origin's pay for GNC engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineers at $135k/yr (May 2025); Blue Origin's posted median, $177k/yr, is 31% 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 Blue Origin hire GNC engineers?

Its open roles for GNC engineers are in United States (16), Greater Seattle Area, WA (11), Denver, CO (6) and Space Coast, FL (1). By place, they post a median of $185k/yr in Greater Seattle Area, WA and $148k/yr in Denver, CO.