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Northwood Space Electrical Engineer Salary

Northwood Space's 13 open roles for electrical engineers post a median $144k/yr, typically $135k–$226k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Northwood Space role
median $144k/yr
Northwood Space's electrical engineers: level with it
Electrical engineers at every space company
median $157k/yr
Northwood Space: 8% below it
All US electrical engineers, May 2025
median $121k/yr
Northwood Space's postings: 19% above it
Highest posted top
$255k/yr
Principal Electrical 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.

Northwood Space electrical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior4$159k/yr$142k–$226k/yr
Lead1Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Title names no level7$135k/yr$123k–$185k/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.

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

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Questions about Northwood Space pay for electrical engineers

How much does Northwood Space pay electrical engineers?

Northwood Space's open roles for electrical engineers post a median $144k/yr, typically $135k–$226k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures in 13 of its 13 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 $255k/yr, for Principal Electrical Engineer .

What does Northwood Space pay electrical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $159k/yr (4 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Northwood Space pay electrical engineers more than other space companies?

Northwood Space's median, $144k/yr, is 8% below the $157k/yr median of the 1,543 open roles for electrical engineers at every space company we read (Northwood Space's among them).

Do electrical engineers earn more than other roles at Northwood Space?

Northwood Space's roles for electrical engineers post a median $144k/yr, level with the $144k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Northwood Space salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Northwood Space's pay for electrical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of electrical engineers at $121k/yr (May 2025); Northwood Space's posted median, $144k/yr, is 19% 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 Northwood Space hire electrical engineers?

Its open roles for electrical engineers are in Torrance, CA (13).