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Rocket Lab Program or Project Manager Salary

Rocket Lab's 16 open roles for program and project managers post a median $158k/yr, typically $157k–$230k/yr, from 11 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 program and project managers: 32% above it
Program and project managers at every space company
median $160k/yr
Rocket Lab: 1% below it
Highest posted top
$263k/yr
Principal Program Manager (TS/SCI)

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 program or project manager pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior1Too few figures
Manager14$163k/yr$157k–$233k/yr
Title names no level1Too 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 program and project managers

  • Long Beach, CA10 roles, median $163k/yr
  • Albuquerque, NM2 roles
  • Tucson, AZ2 roles
  • Littleton, CO1 role
  • New Zealand1 role

Open Rocket Lab roles for program and project managers, highest pay first

Updated 5 Nov 2026, 05:02 UTC

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Questions about Rocket Lab pay for program and project managers

How much does Rocket Lab pay program and project managers?

Rocket Lab's open roles for program and project managers post a median $158k/yr, typically $157k–$230k/yr, from 11 distinct pay figures in 11 of its 16 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 $263k/yr, for Principal Program Manager (TS/SCI).

How much does Rocket Lab pay program and project managers per hour?

That is a median of $75.96/hr or $13,167/mo, typically $75.48–$110.58/hr ($13,100–$19,200/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 program and project managers at each level?

By the level each title names: manager: a median $163k/yr (14 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 program and project managers more than other space companies?

Rocket Lab's median, $158k/yr, is 1% below the $160k/yr median of the 891 open roles for program and project managers at every space company we read (Rocket Lab's among them).

Do program and project managers earn more than other roles at Rocket Lab?

Rocket Lab's roles for program and project managers post a median $158k/yr, 32% 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 program and project managers?

Its open roles for program and project managers are in Long Beach, CA (10), Albuquerque, NM (2), Tucson, AZ (2), Littleton, CO (1) and New Zealand (1).