
MDA Space pay · 5 Nov 2026
How much does MDA Space pay?
Our researched rate card for MDA Space reads Stated per posting (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings seldom state pay; the board shows a range only where one is stated in US dollars.
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MDA Space pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets MDA Space'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.
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Every employer | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programs & Business | 53 | No rate stated | $117k–$255k/yr3,032 roles | None stated |
| Systems & Test | 43 | No rate stated | $124k–$252k/yr2,391 roles | None stated |
| Software & IT | 23 | No rate stated | $135k–$269k/yr2,339 roles | None stated |
| Technicians | 23 | No rate stated | $72.8k–$195k/yr2,400 roles | None stated |
| Avionics | 21 | No rate stated | $133k–$259k/yr1,353 roles | None stated |
| Flight Software | 21 | No rate stated | $140k–$270k/yr989 roles | None stated |
| Supply Chain | 16 | No rate stated | $80.4k–$201k/yr1,385 roles | None stated |
| Mechanical | 12 | No rate stated | $120k–$235k/yr1,600 roles | None stated |
| Quality | 12 | No rate stated | $90.1k–$215k/yr1,028 roles | None stated |
| RF & Payloads | 10 | No rate stated | $142k–$280k/yr734 roles | None stated |
| Launch & Ops | 3 | No rate stated | $110k–$222k/yr574 roles | None stated |
| Propulsion | 2 | No rate stated | $119k–$246k/yr386 roles | None stated |
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What MDA Space says it pays
Stated per posting, per our researched rate card (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings seldom state pay; the board shows a range only where one is stated in US dollars. How rate cards are compiled.
What our research measures about MDA Space pay and hiring
Read from the open postings on 4 Nov 2026 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring239 open roles, 1.3% of all the space roles we read, across 12 kinds of work; 112 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who is hiringThis week 56 roles were posted and 5 taken down, more added than removed.
- Who is hiringHalf of its postings come down within 22 days of being posted.
- Pay transparency0.0% of the postings state their pay.
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MDA Space pay: questions
How much does MDA Space pay?
Our researched rate card for MDA Space reads Stated per posting (platform-stated, checked 29 Oct 2026). Its postings seldom state pay; the board shows a range only where one is stated in US dollars.
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