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Rocket Lab IT Professional Salary

Rocket Lab's 18 open roles for IT professionals post a median $104k/yr, typically $84.6k–$167k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Rocket Lab role
median $120k/yr
Rocket Lab's IT professionals: 13% below it
IT professionals at every space company
median $130k/yr
Rocket Lab: 20% below it
Highest posted top
$233k/yr
Director, IT Infrastructure

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.

Rocket Lab IT professional pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II2Too few figures
Senior10$115k/yr$88.7k–$148k/yr
Director, head or vice president2Too few figures
Title names no level4Too few figures

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.

Where Rocket Lab hires IT professionals

  • Long Beach, CA6 roles, median $122k/yr
  • New Zealand4 roles
  • Albuquerque, NM3 roles
  • Wallops Island, VA2 roles
  • Chantilly, VA1 role
  • Middle River, MD1 role
  • Stennis Space Center, MS1 role

Open Rocket Lab roles for IT professionals, highest pay first

Updated 5 Nov 2026, 05:02 UTC

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Questions about Rocket Lab pay for IT professionals

How much does Rocket Lab pay IT professionals?

Rocket Lab's open roles for IT professionals post a median $104k/yr, typically $84.6k–$167k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 18 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 $233k/yr, for Director, IT Infrastructure.

How much does Rocket Lab pay IT professionals per hour?

That is a median of $50.00/hr or $8,667/mo, typically $40.67–$80.29/hr ($7,100–$13,900/mo), counting a year as 2,080 working hours (40 a week for 52 weeks) and 12 months, before tax. Postings that state an hourly rate are shown in it on each role below.

What does Rocket Lab pay IT professionals at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $115k/yr (10 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Rocket Lab pay IT professionals more than other space companies?

Rocket Lab's median, $104k/yr, is 20% below the $130k/yr median of the 291 open roles for IT professionals at every space company we read (Rocket Lab's among them).

Do IT professionals earn more than other roles at Rocket Lab?

Rocket Lab's roles for IT professionals post a median $104k/yr, 13% below the $120k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Rocket Lab salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does Rocket Lab hire IT professionals?

Its open roles for IT professionals are in Long Beach, CA (6), New Zealand (4), Albuquerque, NM (3), Wallops Island, VA (2) and Chantilly, VA (1).