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CesiumAstro Mechanical Engineer Salary

CesiumAstro's 19 open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $133k–$236k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every CesiumAstro role
median $147k/yr
CesiumAstro's mechanical engineers: 5% above it
Mechanical engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
CesiumAstro: 6% above it
All US mechanical engineers, May 2025
median $104k/yr
CesiumAstro's postings: 48% above it
Highest posted top
$246k/yr
Senior Staff Thermal 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.

CesiumAstro mechanical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Level II2Too few figures
Senior6$130k/yr$127k–$153k/yr
Staff7$182k/yr$182k–$242k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager2Too 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 CesiumAstro hires mechanical engineers

  • Westminster, CO8 roles, median $150k/yr
  • Austin, TX4 roles
  • El Segundo, CA3 roles, median $182k/yr
  • Melbourne, FL2 roles
  • Germany1 role
  • United Kingdom1 role

Open CesiumAstro roles for mechanical engineers, highest pay first

Updated 1 Nov 2026, 00:02 UTC

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Questions about CesiumAstro pay for mechanical engineers

How much does CesiumAstro pay mechanical engineers?

CesiumAstro's open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $133k–$236k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 19 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 $246k/yr, for Senior Staff Thermal Engineer.

What does CesiumAstro pay mechanical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $130k/yr (6 roles); staff: a median $182k/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 CesiumAstro pay mechanical engineers more than other space companies?

CesiumAstro's median, $154k/yr, is 6% above the $145k/yr median of the 1,207 open roles for mechanical engineers at every space company we read (CesiumAstro's among them).

Do mechanical engineers earn more than other roles at CesiumAstro?

CesiumAstro's roles for mechanical engineers post a median $154k/yr, 5% above the $147k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (CesiumAstro salaries compares every kind of work).

How does CesiumAstro's pay for mechanical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of mechanical engineers at $104k/yr (May 2025); CesiumAstro's posted median, $154k/yr, is 48% 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 CesiumAstro hire mechanical engineers?

Its open roles for mechanical engineers are in Westminster, CO (8), Austin, TX (4), El Segundo, CA (3), Melbourne, FL (2) and Germany (1). By place, they post a median of $150k/yr in Westminster, CO and $182k/yr in El Segundo, CA.