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Blue Origin Systems Engineer Salary

Blue Origin's 78 open roles for systems engineers post a median $157k/yr, typically $133k–$220k/yr, from 41 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Blue Origin role
median $0/yr
Blue Origin's systems engineers: Infinity% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
Blue Origin: 3% above it
Highest posted top
$377k/yr
Principal Hardware Systems Architect – User Terminal

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 systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op4Too few figures
Entry, associate or level I2Too few figures
Level II8$109k/yr$109k–$159k/yr
Level III15$139k/yr$133k–$183k/yr
Senior23$181k/yr$163k–$220k/yr
Lead5$160k/yr$160k–$200k/yr
Principal or fellow5Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level15$145k/yr$141k–$187k/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 systems engineers

  • Greater Seattle Area, WA28 roles, median $145k/yr
  • United States21 roles
  • Denver, CO13 roles, median $147k/yr
  • Space Coast, FL9 roles, median $160k/yr
  • Hutto, TX2 roles
  • Cupertino, CA1 role
  • Huntsville, AL1 role
  • Longmont, CO1 role
  • Poland1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Blue Origin pay for systems engineers

How much does Blue Origin pay systems engineers?

Blue Origin's open roles for systems engineers post a median $157k/yr, typically $133k–$220k/yr, from 41 distinct pay figures in 41 of its 78 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 $377k/yr, for Principal Hardware Systems Architect – User Terminal.

What does Blue Origin pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $109k/yr (8 roles); level III: a median $139k/yr (15 roles); senior: a median $181k/yr (23 roles); lead: a median $160k/yr (5 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 systems engineers more than other space companies?

Blue Origin's median, $157k/yr, is 3% above the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (Blue Origin's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at Blue Origin?

Blue Origin's roles for systems engineers post a median $157k/yr, Infinity% above the $0/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Blue Origin salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Blue Origin hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Greater Seattle Area, WA (28), United States (21), Denver, CO (13), Space Coast, FL (9) and Hutto, TX (2). By place, they post a median of $145k/yr in Greater Seattle Area, WA, $147k/yr in Denver, CO and $160k/yr in Space Coast, FL.