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Blue Origin Machinist Salary

Blue Origin's 32 open roles for machinists post a median $98.2k/yr, typically $98.2k–$189k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Blue Origin role
median $157k/yr
Blue Origin's machinists: 37% below it
Machinists at every space company
median $94.6k/yr
Blue Origin: 4% above it
All US machinists, May 2025
median $58.8k/yr
Blue Origin's postings: 67% above it
Highest posted top
$277k/yr
Senior CNC Machining and CAM Automation 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.

Blue Origin machinist pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II3Too few figures
Level III7$98.2k/yr$98.2k–$115k/yr
Senior2Too few figures
Title names no level20$104k/yr$84.7k–$174k/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.

Where Blue Origin hires machinists

  • Huntsville, AL16 roles
  • Greater Seattle Area, WA8 roles, median $98.2k/yr
  • Space Coast, FL6 roles
  • Kent, WA1 role
  • Los Angeles, CA1 role

Open Blue Origin roles for machinists, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 14:02 UTC

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Questions about Blue Origin pay for machinists

How much does Blue Origin pay machinists?

Blue Origin's open roles for machinists post a median $98.2k/yr, typically $98.2k–$189k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 32 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 Senior CNC Machining and CAM Automation Engineer.

What does Blue Origin pay machinists at each level?

By the level each title names: level III: a median $98.2k/yr (7 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 machinists more than other space companies?

Blue Origin's median, $98.2k/yr, is 4% above the $94.6k/yr median of the 229 open roles for machinists at every space company we read (Blue Origin's among them).

Do machinists earn more than other roles at Blue Origin?

Blue Origin's roles for machinists post a median $98.2k/yr, 37% below the $157k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Blue Origin salaries compares every kind of work).

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of machinists at $58.8k/yr (May 2025); Blue Origin's posted median, $98.2k/yr, is 67% 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 machinists?

Its open roles for machinists are in Huntsville, AL (16), Greater Seattle Area, WA (8), Space Coast, FL (6), Kent, WA (1) and Los Angeles, CA (1).