KBR pay · 1 Nov 2026
How much does KBR pay?
Typical pay at KBR, as a year's pay: $124k–$217k/yr, median $153k/yr. Those figures come from the 159 openings listing a rate on 1 Nov 2026. Posted rates go from $50k/yr at the bottom to $372k/yr at the top.
Measured from 152 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 67 of the 226 listings open here post no pay at all.
KBR pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets KBR's open roles in one discipline next to that discipline across all employers, so you can tell whether it pays above or below the going rate. Typical pay means 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. Click a figure for the roles behind it.
KBR's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Systems & Test. There its roles typically pay $127k–$221k/yr (median $152k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,335 Systems & Test roles in all, pays $123k–$252k/yr (median $151k/yr).
KBR salaries by profession
What KBR's postings pay each profession, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.
Best-paid KBR openings right now
Every KBR role by payRF Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Dulles, Virginia, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$248,100–$372,200/yrSr Director, Program Management (Hybrid) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Columbia, Maryland, United States of America· 2mo agoDetails
$220,800–$331,200/yrSr RF Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Chantilly, Virginia, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$183,000–$274,000/yrDigital Environment Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, California· 3mo agoDetails
$178,600–$251,800/yrSpace Systems Engineers (Multiple Positions) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, California· 8mo agoDetails
$121,000–$251,000/yrCOMSEC Policy Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Chantilly, Virginia, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$162,000–$243,000/yr
KBR pay: questions
How much does KBR pay?
Typical pay at KBR, as a year's pay: $124k–$217k/yr, median $153k/yr. Those figures come from the 159 openings listing a rate on 1 Nov 2026. Posted rates go from $50k/yr at the bottom to $372k/yr at the top.
Which open KBR role pays the most?
As of 1 Nov 2026 the best-paid opening is RF Engineer, at $310k/yr, posted as "$248,100-$372,200 per year". Every open role by pay.
Is KBR's pay above the market for the same work?
KBR's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Systems & Test. There its roles typically pay $127k–$221k/yr (median $152k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,335 Systems & Test roles in all, pays $123k–$252k/yr (median $151k/yr).
What does KBR pay each profession?
By the median its open roles post: systems engineers $157k/yr (48 roles) and software engineers $143k/yr (18 roles). Each page shows the pay by level and by site, with every role.