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Impulse Space Propulsion Engineer Salary

Impulse Space's 23 open roles for propulsion engineers post a median $155k/yr, typically $129k–$195k/yr, from 23 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Impulse Space role
median $150k/yr
Impulse Space's propulsion engineers: 3% above it
Propulsion engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
Impulse Space: 7% above it
Every US aerospace engineer, May 2025
median $135k/yr
Impulse Space's postings: 15% above it
Highest posted top
$220k/yr
Senior Propulsion Test 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.

Impulse Space propulsion engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op2Too few figures
Level II1Too few figures
Senior12$160k/yr$159k–$195k/yr
Staff2Too few figures
Title names no level6$126k/yr$125k–$175k/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 Impulse Space hires propulsion engineers

  • Redondo Beach, CA17 roles, median $160k/yr
  • Mojave, CA5 roles, median $125k/yr
  • Boulder, CO1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Impulse Space pay for propulsion engineers

How much does Impulse Space pay propulsion engineers?

Impulse Space's open roles for propulsion engineers post a median $155k/yr, typically $129k–$195k/yr, from 23 distinct pay figures in 23 of its 23 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 $220k/yr, for Senior Propulsion Test Engineer.

What does Impulse Space pay propulsion engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $160k/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 Impulse Space pay propulsion engineers more than other space companies?

Impulse Space's median, $155k/yr, is 7% above the $145k/yr median of the 520 open roles for propulsion engineers at every space company we read (Impulse Space's among them).

Do propulsion engineers earn more than other roles at Impulse Space?

Impulse Space's roles for propulsion engineers post a median $155k/yr, 3% above the $150k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Impulse Space salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Impulse Space's pay for propulsion engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineers at $135k/yr (May 2025); Impulse Space's posted median, $155k/yr, is 15% 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 Impulse Space hire propulsion engineers?

Its open roles for propulsion engineers are in Redondo Beach, CA (17), Mojave, CA (5) and Boulder, CO (1). By place, they post a median of $160k/yr in Redondo Beach, CA and $125k/yr in Mojave, CA.