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Relativity Space
About Relativity Space
Relativity Space builds reusable rockets, by its own description to make access to space more reliable and routine. Its Terran R launch vehicle is built in Long Beach, California, tested at NASA's Stennis Space Center and launched from Cape Canaveral.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 384 open Relativity Space roles; typical pay across them is $88.5k to $163k a year (median $116k).
Live Relativity Space roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTCTalent Development, Facilitator (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Long Beach, California, United States· todayDetails
$88,000/yrSenior Weld Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Long Beach, California, United States· todayDetails
$34.42/hrThermal Engineer I (opens the job details)
Mechanical · Long Beach, California, United States· todayDetails
$90,000/yrSr Data & Control Systems Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, United States· todayDetails
$124,000/yrLaunch Pad Technician II (opens the job details)
Technicians · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· todayDetails
$28.36/hrLogistics Specialist I - Transportation (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· todayDetails
$19.18/hrLogistics Specialist I - Inventory (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· todayDetails
$19.18/hrNDE Engineer I (opens the job details)
Quality · Long Beach, California, United States· 1d agoDetails
$90,000/yrBuild Reliability Engineer II (opens the job details)
Quality · Long Beach, California, United States· 1d agoDetails
$104,000/yrInstrumentation & Controls Technician II (opens the job details)
Technicians · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· 1d agoDetails
$25.80/hrApprentice Launch Pad Technician (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· 1d agoDetails
$19.20/hrGNC Performance Engineer I (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Long Beach, California, United States· 2d agoDetails
$106,000/yr
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About Relativity Space
Builds reusable rockets that make access to space more reliable and routine. It pays $88.5k–$163k/yr typically (median $116k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed384 open roles on Relativity Space, independently checked 30 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Relativity Space's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Long Beach, CA; Cape Canaveral, FL; Stennis Space Center, MS
What Relativity Space pays
From current postings · as of 30 Oct 2026Median $116k/yr, taken across 384 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $39.9k/yr and as high as $223k/yr.
Measured from 384 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
Best-paid Relativity Space openings today
All 384 by payHead of Avionics Manufacturing (opens the job details)
Technicians · Long Beach, California, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$223,000/yrSr Manager, Vehicle Software Infrastructure (opens the job details)
Flight Software · Long Beach, California· 4mo agoDetails
$206,000/yr- $195,000/yr
Senior Manager, Indirect Procurement (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$190,000/yrStaff Optical Communications Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · Long Beach, California· 4mo agoDetails
$188,000/yr
“Typical” here 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
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What our research measures about Relativity Space
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring384 open roles, 4.7% of all the space roles we read, across 13 kinds of work; 153 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply2.1% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 1.3% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience5.7% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 11.5% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency100.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $116,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level45 open roles are for someone starting out (11.7% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel7.6% of the postings ask for weekend work, 14.6% for overtime or extended hours, and 4.9% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Relativity Space do?
Builds reusable rockets that make access to space more reliable and routine.
How much does Relativity Space pay?
Openings at Relativity Space pay $88.5k–$163k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $116k/yr. We take both from the 384 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $39.9k/yr; the highest is $223k/yr.
What is it like to work at Relativity Space?
Relativity Space pays $88.5k–$163k/yr typically (median $116k/yr).
Which locations does Relativity Space hire in?
Long Beach, CA; Cape Canaveral, FL; Stennis Space Center, MS
Relativity Space compared, head to head
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