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Rocket Lab Sales or Business Development Professional Salary

Rocket Lab's 22 open roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $224k/yr, typically $129k–$321k/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 sales and business development professionals: 87% above it
Sales and business development professionals at every space company
median $166k/yr
Rocket Lab: 35% above it
Highest posted top
$321k/yr
Senior Director, Business Development - National Security (TS/SCI Clearance)

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 sales or business development professional pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op2Too few figures
Manager8$119k/yr$110k–$156k/yr
Director, head or vice president12$245k/yr$236k–$321k/yr

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 sales and business development professionals

  • Chantilly, VA5 roles, median $234k/yr
  • Littleton, CO5 roles, median $214k/yr
  • Long Beach, CA5 roles, median $234k/yr
  • Tucson, AZ5 roles
  • Canada2 roles

Open Rocket Lab roles for sales and business development professionals, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

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Questions about Rocket Lab pay for sales and business development professionals

How much does Rocket Lab pay sales and business development professionals?

Rocket Lab's open roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $224k/yr, typically $129k–$321k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 15 of its 22 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 $321k/yr, for Senior Director, Business Development - National Security (TS/SCI Clearance).

What does Rocket Lab pay sales and business development professionals at each level?

By the level each title names: manager: a median $119k/yr (8 roles); director, head or vice president: a median $245k/yr (12 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 sales and business development professionals more than other space companies?

Rocket Lab's median, $224k/yr, is 35% above the $166k/yr median of the 439 open roles for sales and business development professionals at every space company we read (Rocket Lab's among them).

Do sales and business development professionals earn more than other roles at Rocket Lab?

Rocket Lab's roles for sales and business development professionals post a median $224k/yr, 87% 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 sales and business development professionals?

Its open roles for sales and business development professionals are in Chantilly, VA (5), Littleton, CO (5), Long Beach, CA (5), Tucson, AZ (5) and Canada (2). By place, they post a median of $234k/yr in Chantilly, VA, $214k/yr in Littleton, CO and $234k/yr in Long Beach, CA.