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SpaceX IT Professional Salary

SpaceX's 43 open roles for IT professionals post a median $125k/yr, typically $108k–$215k/yr, from 21 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 IT professionals: 9% below it
IT professionals at every space company
median $128k/yr
SpaceX: 2% below it
Highest posted top
$240k/yr
Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization)

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 IT professional pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior11$185k/yr$123k–$215k/yr
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level31$108k/yr$77k–$175k/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 IT professionals

  • Hawthorne, CA15 roles, median $153k/yr
  • Starbase, TX14 roles
  • Bastrop, TX3 roles
  • McGregor, TX2 roles
  • Memphis, TN2 roles
  • Vandenberg, CA2 roles
  • Washington, DC2 roles
  • Cape Canaveral, FL1 role
  • Palo Alto, CA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for IT professionals

How much does SpaceX pay IT professionals?

SpaceX's open roles for IT professionals post a median $125k/yr, typically $108k–$215k/yr, from 21 distinct pay figures in 21 of its 43 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 $240k/yr, for Manager, IT Infrastructure (Storage, Compute, & Virtualization).

What does SpaceX pay IT professionals at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $185k/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 IT professionals more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $125k/yr, is 2% below the $128k/yr median of the 241 open roles for IT professionals at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do IT professionals earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for IT professionals post a median $125k/yr, 9% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire IT professionals?

Its open roles for IT professionals are in Hawthorne, CA (15), Starbase, TX (14), Bastrop, TX (3), McGregor, TX (2) and Memphis, TN (2).