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Blue Origin Test Engineer Salary

Blue Origin's 100 open roles for test engineers post a median $145k/yr, typically $119k–$225k/yr, from 40 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 test engineers: 8% below it
Test engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
Blue Origin: 4% above it
Highest posted top
$377k/yr
Principal Silicon Test Engineer - TeraWave

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 test engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op4$79k/yr$72.8k–$107k/yr
Entry, associate or level I3Too few figures
Level II29$119k/yr$119k–$189k/yr
Level III30$145k/yr$138k–$169k/yr
Level IV and above3Too few figures
Senior12$181k/yr$173k–$277k/yr
Lead2Too few figures
Principal or fellow4Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level12$133k/yr$129k–$183k/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 test engineers

  • Greater Seattle Area, WA54 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Space Coast, FL14 roles
  • Huntsville, AL13 roles
  • Van Horn, TX7 roles
  • Denver, CO3 roles, median $173k/yr
  • Grandview, MO3 roles
  • Longmont, CO3 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Hutto, TX2 roles
  • San Diego, CA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 05:02 UTC

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Questions about Blue Origin pay for test engineers

How much does Blue Origin pay test engineers?

Blue Origin's open roles for test engineers post a median $145k/yr, typically $119k–$225k/yr, from 40 distinct pay figures in 41 of its 100 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 Silicon Test Engineer - TeraWave.

What does Blue Origin pay test engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: intern or co-op: a median $79k/yr (4 roles); level II: a median $119k/yr (29 roles); level III: a median $145k/yr (30 roles); senior: a median $181k/yr (12 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 test engineers more than other space companies?

Blue Origin's median, $145k/yr, is 4% above the $140k/yr median of the 944 open roles for test engineers at every space company we read (Blue Origin's among them).

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

Blue Origin's roles for test engineers post a median $145k/yr, 8% below the $157k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Blue Origin salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Blue Origin hire test engineers?

Its open roles for test engineers are in Greater Seattle Area, WA (54), Space Coast, FL (14), Huntsville, AL (13), Van Horn, TX (7) and Denver, CO (3). By place, they post a median of $133k/yr in Greater Seattle Area, WA, $173k/yr in Denver, CO and $133k/yr in Longmont, CO.