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Rocket Lab Manufacturing Engineer Salary

Rocket Lab's 30 open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $129k/yr, typically $87.3k–$188k/yr, from 21 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 manufacturing engineers: 8% above it
Manufacturing engineers at every space company
median $137k/yr
Rocket Lab: 6% below it
Highest posted top
$198k/yr
Senior Manufacturing Engineer II - TPA

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 manufacturing engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op7$58.2k/yr$52k–$58.2k/yr
Entry, associate or level I2Too few figures
Level II3$107k/yr$103k–$134k/yr
Senior11$137k/yr$137k–$191k/yr
Lead5$143k/yr$134k–$182k/yr
Title names no level2Too 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 manufacturing engineers

  • Long Beach, CA9 roles, median $137k/yr
  • Middle River, MD8 roles, median $118k/yr
  • New Zealand4 roles
  • Wallops Island, VA4 roles, median $75.3k/yr
  • Albuquerque, NM1 role
  • Canada1 role
  • Pasadena, CA1 role
  • Silver Spring, MD1 role
  • Stennis Space Center, MS1 role

Open Rocket Lab roles for manufacturing engineers, highest pay first

Updated 1 Nov 2026, 08:02 UTC

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Questions about Rocket Lab pay for manufacturing engineers

How much does Rocket Lab pay manufacturing engineers?

Rocket Lab's open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $129k/yr, typically $87.3k–$188k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures in 23 of its 30 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 $198k/yr, for Senior Manufacturing Engineer II - TPA.

What does Rocket Lab pay manufacturing engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: intern or co-op: a median $58.2k/yr (7 roles); level II: a median $107k/yr (3 roles); senior: a median $137k/yr (11 roles); lead: a median $143k/yr (5 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 manufacturing engineers more than other space companies?

Rocket Lab's median, $129k/yr, is 6% below the $137k/yr median of the 893 open roles for manufacturing engineers at every space company we read (Rocket Lab's among them).

Do manufacturing engineers earn more than other roles at Rocket Lab?

Rocket Lab's roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $129k/yr, 8% above 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 manufacturing engineers?

Its open roles for manufacturing engineers are in Long Beach, CA (9), Middle River, MD (8), New Zealand (4), Wallops Island, VA (4) and Albuquerque, NM (1). By place, they post a median of $137k/yr in Long Beach, CA, $118k/yr in Middle River, MD and $75.3k/yr in Wallops Island, VA.