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SpaceX GNC Engineer Salary

SpaceX's 21 open roles for GNC engineers post a median $160k/yr, typically $138k–$200k/yr, from 15 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 GNC engineers: 16% above it
GNC engineers at every space company
median $170k/yr
SpaceX: 6% below it
All US aerospace engineers, May 2025
median $135k/yr
SpaceX's postings: 19% above it
Highest posted top
$205k/yr
Sr. Trajectory Analysis Engineer (Starship)

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 GNC engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Senior3Too few figures
Title names no level17$160k/yr$138k–$200k/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 GNC engineers

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for GNC engineers

How much does SpaceX pay GNC engineers?

SpaceX's open roles for GNC engineers post a median $160k/yr, typically $138k–$200k/yr, from 15 distinct pay figures in 15 of its 21 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 $205k/yr, for Sr. Trajectory Analysis Engineer (Starship).

Does SpaceX pay GNC engineers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $160k/yr, is 6% below the $170k/yr median of the 329 open roles for GNC engineers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do GNC engineers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for GNC engineers post a median $160k/yr, 16% 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 GNC engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineers at $135k/yr (May 2025); SpaceX's posted median, $160k/yr, is 19% 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 GNC engineers?

Its open roles for GNC engineers are in Redmond, WA (8), Hawthorne, CA (7), Starbase, TX (4) and Bastrop, TX (2). By place, they post a median of $163k/yr in Redmond, WA and $138k/yr in Hawthorne, CA.