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Pay from SpaceX's own postings

SpaceX Recruiter or HR Professional Salary

SpaceX's 55 open roles for recruiters and HR professionals post a median $118k/yr, typically $92.5k–$175k/yr, from 28 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 recruiters and HR professionals: 14% below it
Recruiters and HR professionals at every space company
median $122k/yr
SpaceX: 3% below it
Highest posted top
$215k/yr
HR Projects Manager

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 recruiter or HR professional pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior15$155k/yr$145k–$177k/yr
Manager2Too few figures
Title names no level38$92.5k/yr$81.9k–$140k/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.

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 16:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for recruiters and HR professionals

How much does SpaceX pay recruiters and HR professionals?

SpaceX's open roles for recruiters and HR professionals post a median $118k/yr, typically $92.5k–$175k/yr, from 28 distinct pay figures in 29 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 $215k/yr, for HR Projects Manager.

What does SpaceX pay recruiters and HR professionals at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $155k/yr (15 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 recruiters and HR professionals more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $118k/yr, is 3% below the $122k/yr median of the 229 open roles for recruiters and HR professionals at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do recruiters and HR professionals earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for recruiters and HR professionals post a median $118k/yr, 14% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire recruiters and HR professionals?

Its open roles for recruiters and HR professionals are in Bastrop, TX (13), Hawthorne, CA (12), Redmond, WA (11), Starbase, TX (7) and Cape Canaveral, FL (4). By place, they post a median of $92.5k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $133k/yr in Redmond, WA and $146k/yr in Palo Alto, CA.