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SpaceX Cybersecurity Expert Salary

SpaceX's 55 open roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $163k/yr, typically $110k–$270k/yr, from 45 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every SpaceX role
median $138k/yr
SpaceX's cybersecurity experts: 18% above it
Cybersecurity experts at every space company
median $163k/yr
SpaceX: level with it
Every US information security analyst, May 2025
median $129k/yr
SpaceX's postings: 26% above it
Highest posted top
$340k/yr
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)

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.

SpaceX cybersecurity expert pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior23$200k/yr$163k–$280k/yr
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager4$110k/yr$110k–$184k/yr
Title names no level27$113k/yr$110k–$195k/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 SpaceX hires cybersecurity experts

  • Hawthorne, CA27 roles, median $113k/yr
  • Redmond, WA12 roles, median $165k/yr
  • Bastrop, TX6 roles
  • Palo Alto, CA3 roles, median $230k/yr
  • Washington, DC3 roles, median $163k/yr
  • Starbase, TX2 roles
  • Cape Canaveral, FL1 role
  • Memphis, TN1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for cybersecurity experts

How much does SpaceX pay cybersecurity experts?

SpaceX's open roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $163k/yr, typically $110k–$270k/yr, from 45 distinct pay figures in 45 of its 55 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 $340k/yr, for Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield).

What does SpaceX pay cybersecurity experts at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $200k/yr (23 roles); manager: a median $110k/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 SpaceX pay cybersecurity experts more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $163k/yr, is level with the $163k/yr median of the 281 open roles for cybersecurity experts at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do cybersecurity experts earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $163k/yr, 18% above the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

How does SpaceX's pay for cybersecurity experts compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of information security analysts at $129k/yr (May 2025); SpaceX's posted median, $163k/yr, is 26% above 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 SpaceX hire cybersecurity experts?

Its open roles for cybersecurity experts are in Hawthorne, CA (27), Redmond, WA (12), Bastrop, TX (6), Palo Alto, CA (3) and Washington, DC (3). By place, they post a median of $113k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $165k/yr in Redmond, WA and $230k/yr in Palo Alto, CA.