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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecraft, by its own description founded in 2002 with the goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Its hiring spans Falcon and Starship launch vehicles, the Raptor and Merlin engines, the Dragon spacecraft and the Starlink satellite network.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 2,255 open SpaceX roles; typical pay across them is $109k to $245k a year (median $138k).
Live SpaceX roles
Updated 30 Oct 2026, 05:01 UTCFiber Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Memphis, TN, United States· todayDetails
Human Resources Coordinator (Employee Relations) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Cape Canaveral, FL· todayDetails
Automation & Controls Engineer, Assembly Manufacturing (Starlink) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· todayDetails
Manager, Hospitality (Cape Canaveral) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Cape Canaveral, FL· todayDetails
Telecommunications Technician (opens the job details)
Technicians · Memphis, TN, United States· todayDetails
Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Mesh Optical (Starmind) (opens the job details)
Technicians · Bastrop, TX, United States· todayDetails
Starlink Enterprise Account Lead (Aviation) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Woodinville, WA, United States· todayDetails
Sr. Manager, Retail Channel Management (Starlink Consumer) (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Bastrop, TX, United States· todayDetails
Electromechanical Technician (Starshield) - 2nd Shift (opens the job details)
Technicians · Hawthorne, CA· todayDetails
$22–$35/hr
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About SpaceX
Designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. It pays $109k–$245k/yr typically (median $138k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed2,255 open roles on SpaceX, independently checked 30 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on SpaceX's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Hawthorne, CA; Bastrop and Starbase, TX; Redmond, WA; plus launch and test sites in Florida, California and Texas
What SpaceX pays
From current postings · as of 30 Oct 2026Median $138k/yr, taken across 1,271 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $4.16k/yr and as high as $355k/yr.
Measured from 1,271 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 984 of the 2,255 listings open here post no pay at all.
Best-paid SpaceX openings today
All 2,255 by payPrincipal Security Software Engineer (Starlink) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Palo Alto, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$235,000–$355,000/yrPrincipal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Palo Alto, CA, United States· 3mo agoDetails
$220,000–$355,000/yrPrincipal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Palo Alto, CA, United States· 5mo agoDetails
$210,000.00–$355,000.00/yrPrincipal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · Palo Alto, CA, United States· 5mo agoDetails
$210,000.00–$355,000.00/yrPrincipal AI Engineer, Special Programs (opens the job details)
Software & IT · Palo Alto, CA, United States· 5mo agoDetails
$220,000.00–$350,000.00/yr
“Typical” here means 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; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
The work SpaceX hires for
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What our research measures about SpaceX
Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.
- Who is hiring2,258 open roles, 27.7% of all the space roles we read, across 14 kinds of work; 396 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply100.0% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 6.9% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience26.9% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 17.4% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency56.3% of the postings state their pay, at a median $138,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level53 open roles are for someone starting out (2.3% of its open roles), 12 of them internships or co-ops.
- Shifts, weekends and travel89.4% of the postings ask for weekend work, 88.8% for overtime or extended hours, and 9.1% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
From the forum
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Frequently asked questions
What does SpaceX do?
Designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
How much does SpaceX pay?
Openings at SpaceX pay $109k–$245k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $138k/yr. We take both from the 1,271 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $4.16k/yr; the highest is $355k/yr.
What is it like to work at SpaceX?
SpaceX pays $109k–$245k/yr typically (median $138k/yr).
Which locations does SpaceX hire in?
Hawthorne, CA; Bastrop and Starbase, TX; Redmond, WA; plus launch and test sites in Florida, California and Texas
SpaceX compared, head to head
Choosing between SpaceX and one other employer? Each matchup sets their pay, their entry bar and their open roles next to each other. Sorted by the expected value of applying to the stronger employer in each pair. A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it here but never changes its salary.
Compare SpaceX with
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Stated per postingPlatform-stated
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Starliner, the SLS core stage, the X-37B and the Space Station, inside an aerospace prime.
Stated per postingPlatform-statedSorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.
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