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SpaceX Electrical Engineer Salary

SpaceX's 210 open roles for electrical engineers post a median $140k/yr, typically $128k–$262k/yr, from 118 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 electrical engineers: 1% above it
Electrical engineers at every space company
median $157k/yr
SpaceX: 11% below it
All US electrical engineers, May 2025
median $121k/yr
SpaceX's postings: 16% above it
Highest posted top
$290k/yr
Principal Electrical Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

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 electrical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I3Too few figures
Senior60$198k/yr$173k–$280k/yr
Lead11$198k/yr$175k–$230k/yr
Principal or fellow5Too few figures
Manager5Too few figures
Title names no level126$133k/yr$120k–$185k/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 electrical engineers

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 11:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for electrical engineers

How much does SpaceX pay electrical engineers?

SpaceX's open roles for electrical engineers post a median $140k/yr, typically $128k–$262k/yr, from 118 distinct pay figures in 119 of its 210 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 $290k/yr, for Principal Electrical Engineer, Satellites (Starlink).

What does SpaceX pay electrical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $198k/yr (60 roles); lead: a median $198k/yr (11 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 electrical engineers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $140k/yr, is 11% below the $157k/yr median of the 1,543 open roles for electrical engineers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do electrical engineers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for electrical engineers post a median $140k/yr, 1% 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 electrical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of electrical engineers at $121k/yr (May 2025); SpaceX's posted median, $140k/yr, is 16% 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 electrical engineers?

Its open roles for electrical engineers are in Hawthorne, CA (58), Bastrop, TX (52), Redmond, WA (37), Palo Alto, CA (16) and Starbase, TX (14). By place, they post a median of $138k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $140k/yr in Redmond, WA and $198k/yr in Palo Alto, CA.