MITRE pay · 31 Oct 2026
How much does MITRE pay?
Typical pay at MITRE, as a year's pay: $165k–$203k/yr, median $176k/yr. Those figures come from the 13 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $104k/yr at the bottom to $217k/yr at the top.
Measured from 13 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
MITRE pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets MITRE'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 | Typical pay | Every employer | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Systems & Test | 7 | $174k–$203k/yr | $123k–$252k/yr2,251 roles | $203k/yr |
| RF & Payloads | 5 | $133k–$208k/yr | $140k–$279k/yr679 roles | $217k/yr |
| Launch & Ops | 1 | $146k–$183k/yr1 rate | $110k–$216k/yr535 roles | $183k/yr |
MITRE's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Systems & Test. There its roles typically pay $174k–$203k/yr (median $183k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,251 Systems & Test roles in all, pays $123k–$252k/yr (median $150k/yr).
Best-paid MITRE openings right now
Every MITRE role by payAEHF Communications Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Bedford, Massachusetts +4 more· 1mo agoDetails
$173,200–$216,500/yrSpace Systems Engineer (Intelligence Center) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Chantilly, Virginia, United States· 1w agoDetails
$162,400–$203,000/yrSSC/S6 CIO Project Leader (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, California, United States· todayDetails
$162,400–$203,000/yrPrincipal Missile Defense Space Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Colorado Springs, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$162,400–$203,000/yrPrincipal Space Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Albuquerque, New Mexico +4 more· 6d agoDetails
$162,400–$203,000/yrPrincipal SATCOM Test & Evaluation Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, California, United States· 1d agoDetails
$162,400–$203,000/yr
MITRE pay: questions
How much does MITRE pay?
Typical pay at MITRE, as a year's pay: $165k–$203k/yr, median $176k/yr. Those figures come from the 13 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $104k/yr at the bottom to $217k/yr at the top.
Which open MITRE role pays the most?
As of 31 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is AEHF Communications Engineer, at $195k/yr, posted as "$173,200-$216,500 per year". Every open role by pay.
Is MITRE's pay above the market for the same work?
MITRE's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Systems & Test. There its roles typically pay $174k–$203k/yr (median $183k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,251 Systems & Test roles in all, pays $123k–$252k/yr (median $150k/yr).