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SpaceX Manufacturing Engineer Salary

SpaceX's 138 open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $130k/yr, typically $120k–$190k/yr, from 61 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 manufacturing engineers: 6% below it
Manufacturing engineers at every space company
median $137k/yr
SpaceX: 5% below it
Highest posted top
$230k/yr
Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Manufacturing Systems

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 manufacturing engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I2Too few figures
Senior36$169k/yr$157k–$221k/yr
Lead4Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level95$130k/yr$120k–$166k/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 manufacturing engineers

  • Bastrop, TX54 roles
  • Hawthorne, CA43 roles, median $130k/yr
  • Starbase, TX18 roles
  • Redmond, WA15 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Cape Canaveral, FL4 roles
  • Canandaigua, NY2 roles
  • Memphis, TN1 role
  • Woodinville, WA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 16:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for manufacturing engineers

How much does SpaceX pay manufacturing engineers?

SpaceX's open roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $130k/yr, typically $120k–$190k/yr, from 61 distinct pay figures in 61 of its 138 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 $230k/yr, for Sr. Full Stack Engineer, Manufacturing Systems.

What does SpaceX pay manufacturing engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $169k/yr (36 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 manufacturing engineers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $130k/yr, is 5% below the $137k/yr median of the 892 open roles for manufacturing engineers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do manufacturing engineers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for manufacturing engineers post a median $130k/yr, 6% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire manufacturing engineers?

Its open roles for manufacturing engineers are in Bastrop, TX (54), Hawthorne, CA (43), Starbase, TX (18), Redmond, WA (15) and Cape Canaveral, FL (4). By place, they post a median of $130k/yr in Hawthorne, CA and $133k/yr in Redmond, WA.