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Rocket Lab pay · 30 Oct 2026

How much does Rocket Lab pay?

Typical pay at Rocket Lab, as a year's pay: $72k–$229k/yr, median $120k/yr. Those figures come from the 343 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $37.4k/yr at the bottom to $330k/yr at the top.

Measured from 343 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 150 of the 493 listings open here post no pay at all.

Pay read from its board 30 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC493 open Rocket Lab roles

Rocket Lab pay, discipline by discipline

Every row sets Rocket Lab'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 workOpen rolesTypical payEvery employer
Technicians92$60k–$158k/yr$71.2k–$195k/yr2,120 roles
Programs & Business59$82.5k–$285k/yr$116k–$255k/yr2,333 roles
Systems & Test52$87.3k–$198k/yr$125k–$250k/yr1,916 roles
Mechanical49$98.5k–$220k/yr$120k–$236k/yr1,402 roles
Supply Chain43$52k–$174k/yr$79k–$204k/yr1,148 roles
Software & IT41$115k–$219k/yr$137k–$266k/yr1,783 roles
Propulsion36$58.2k–$270k/yr$120k–$250k/yr368 roles
Flight Software32$119k–$270k/yr$140k–$267k/yr824 roles
Launch & Ops28$113k–$213k/yr$110k–$218k/yr488 roles
Avionics25$110k–$234k/yr$130k–$252k/yr1,169 roles
Quality14$94.9k–$176k/yr$93.8k–$215k/yr839 roles
RF & Payloads13$116k–$260k/yr$139k–$275k/yr613 roles
Science & Data9$153k–$264k/yr4 of 9 state a rate$128k–$252k/yr310 roles

Rocket Lab's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Technicians. There its roles typically pay $60k–$158k/yr (median $81.1k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,120 Technicians roles in all, pays $71.2k–$195k/yr (median $91.3k/yr).

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Rocket Lab pay: questions

How much does Rocket Lab pay?

Typical pay at Rocket Lab, as a year's pay: $72k–$229k/yr, median $120k/yr. Those figures come from the 343 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $37.4k/yr at the bottom to $330k/yr at the top.

Which open Rocket Lab role pays the most?

As of 30 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Principal Spacecraft GNC Engineer - Secret Clearance, at $264k/yr, posted as "$198,000-$330,000 per year". Every open role by pay.

Is Rocket Lab's pay above the market for the same work?

Rocket Lab's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Technicians. There its roles typically pay $60k–$158k/yr (median $81.1k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,120 Technicians roles in all, pays $71.2k–$195k/yr (median $91.3k/yr).

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