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SpaceX pay · 30 Oct 2026

How much does SpaceX pay?

Typical pay at SpaceX, as a year's pay: $109k–$245k/yr, median $138k/yr. Those figures come from the 1,271 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $4.16k/yr at the bottom to $355k/yr at the top.

Measured from 1,271 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 985 of the 2,256 listings open here post no pay at all.

Pay read from its board 30 Oct 2026, 06:01 UTC2,256 open SpaceX roles

SpaceX pay, discipline by discipline

Every row sets SpaceX's open roles in one discipline next to that discipline across all employers, so you can tell whether it pays above or below the going rate. Typical pay 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. Click a figure for the roles behind it.

Kind of workOpen rolesTypical payEvery employer
Technicians483$41.6k–$230k/yr208 of 483 state a rateNo band
Supply Chain413$41.6k–$260k/yr181 of 413 state a rateNo band
Software & IT316$150k–$270k/yr$135k–$265k/yr909 roles
Programs & Business294$113k–$242k/yr$109k–$244k/yr1,172 roles
Quality169$88.4k–$195k/yrNo band
Avionics136$138k–$280k/yrNo band
Mechanical123$58.2k–$245k/yr53 of 123 state a rateNo band
Systems & Test104$114k–$262k/yrNo band
RF & Payloads79$148k–$280k/yr$133k–$270k/yr256 roles
Flight Software62$138k–$230k/yrNo band
Launch & Ops31$80.1k–$179k/yrNo band
Propulsion22$109k–$215k/yr$104k–$215k/yr230 roles
other19$46.8k–$130k/yr9 of 19 state a rateNo band
Science & Data5$154k–$274k/yr$119k–$223k/yr128 roles

SpaceX's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Software & IT. There its roles typically pay $150k–$270k/yr (median $163k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 909 Software & IT roles in all, pays $135k–$265k/yr (median $160k/yr).

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Every SpaceX role by pay

SpaceX pay: questions

How much does SpaceX pay?

Typical pay at SpaceX, as a year's pay: $109k–$245k/yr, median $138k/yr. Those figures come from the 1,271 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $4.16k/yr at the bottom to $355k/yr at the top.

Which open SpaceX role pays the most?

As of 30 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink), at $295k/yr, posted as "$235,000-$355,000 per year". Every open role by pay.

Is SpaceX's pay above the market for the same work?

SpaceX's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Software & IT. There its roles typically pay $150k–$270k/yr (median $163k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 909 Software & IT roles in all, pays $135k–$265k/yr (median $160k/yr).

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