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Rocket Lab Jobs in Maryland

52 open Rocket Lab roles name a site in Maryland, most of them in Middle River and Silver Spring; typical pay runs $55.9k–$154k/yr. Listed straight from Rocket Lab's careers site, checked every hour.

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What Rocket Lab does in Maryland

  • Middle River is Rocket Lab's Space Structures Complex, 113,000 square feet in Lockheed Martin's former plant, where it makes carbon composite spacecraft buses, panels, dispensers and heat shields and parts of its Neutron rocket. (Source: Rocket Lab) Its open roles in Middle River →

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 18:02 UTC

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Where in Maryland are the Rocket Lab jobs?

Most are in Middle River (38), Silver Spring (14), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do Rocket Lab jobs in Maryland pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $79k/yr, with typical pay from $55.9k–$154k/yr; 79.4% of Maryland's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Maryland's law has required every employer, for work done at least partly in Maryland to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Oct 2024 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 3,600 aerospace engineers working in Maryland, in any industry, earn a median $157k/yr (BLS, May 2025, as our research sets beside the open roles).

Do Rocket Lab jobs in Maryland require US citizenship?

100% of Rocket Lab's open postings are limited to US citizens or US persons, and 27.2% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in Maryland, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.