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RTX Software Engineer Salary

RTX's 15 open roles for software engineers post a median $126k/yr, typically $110k–$244k/yr, from 14 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every RTX role
median $139k/yr
RTX's software engineers: 9% below it
Software engineers at every space company
median $168k/yr
RTX: 25% below it
Every US software developer, May 2025
median $136k/yr
RTX's postings: 7% below it
Highest posted top
$277k/yr
Sr. Principal Software Engineer - DevSecOps

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.

RTX software engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Level II4$110k/yr$110k–$144k/yr
Senior4$126k/yr$126k–$178k/yr
Lead2Too few figures
Principal or fellow2Too few figures
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 RTX hires software engineers

  • Aurora, CO5 roles, median $156k/yr
  • El Segundo, CA5 roles, median $110k/yr
  • Fort Meade, MD1 role
  • Goleta, CA1 role
  • San Jose, CA1 role
  • Several or unnamed places1 role
  • United States1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about RTX pay for software engineers

How much does RTX pay software engineers?

RTX's open roles for software engineers post a median $126k/yr, typically $110k–$244k/yr, from 14 distinct pay figures in 14 of its 15 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 $277k/yr, for Sr. Principal Software Engineer - DevSecOps.

What does RTX pay software engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $110k/yr (4 roles); senior: a median $126k/yr (4 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does RTX pay software engineers more than other space companies?

RTX's median, $126k/yr, is 25% below the $168k/yr median of the 1,711 open roles for software engineers at every space company we read (RTX's among them).

Do software engineers earn more than other roles at RTX?

RTX's roles for software engineers post a median $126k/yr, 9% below the $139k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (RTX salaries compares every kind of work).

How does RTX's pay for software engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of software developers at $136k/yr (May 2025); RTX's posted median, $126k/yr, is 7% below it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does RTX hire software engineers?

Its open roles for software engineers are in Aurora, CO (5), El Segundo, CA (5), Fort Meade, MD (1), Goleta, CA (1) and San Jose, CA (1). By place, they post a median of $156k/yr in Aurora, CO and $110k/yr in El Segundo, CA.