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SpaceX Mission or Launch Operations Engineer Salary

SpaceX's 73 open roles for mission and launch operations engineers post a median $130k/yr, typically $120k–$215k/yr, from 31 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 mission and launch operations engineers: 6% below it
Mission and launch operations engineers at every space company
median $140k/yr
SpaceX: 7% below it
Highest posted top
$275k/yr
Principal Operations Engineer (Application Software)

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 mission or launch operations engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior11$165k/yr$155k–$215k/yr
Lead4Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager5Too few figures
Title names no level52$130k/yr$120k–$165k/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 mission and launch operations engineers

  • Hawthorne, CA15 roles, median $130k/yr
  • Starbase, TX15 roles
  • Bastrop, TX12 roles
  • Cape Canaveral, FL9 roles
  • Redmond, WA9 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Vandenberg, CA4 roles, median $125k/yr
  • McGregor, TX3 roles
  • Long Beach, CA2 roles
  • College Station, TX1 role

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 00:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for mission and launch operations engineers

How much does SpaceX pay mission and launch operations engineers?

SpaceX's open roles for mission and launch operations engineers post a median $130k/yr, typically $120k–$215k/yr, from 31 distinct pay figures in 33 of its 73 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 $275k/yr, for Principal Operations Engineer (Application Software).

What does SpaceX pay mission and launch operations engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $165k/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 mission and launch operations engineers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $130k/yr, is 7% below the $140k/yr median of the 408 open roles for mission and launch operations engineers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do mission and launch operations engineers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for mission and launch operations 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 mission and launch operations engineers?

Its open roles for mission and launch operations engineers are in Hawthorne, CA (15), Starbase, TX (15), Bastrop, TX (12), Cape Canaveral, FL (9) and Redmond, WA (9). By place, they post a median of $130k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $133k/yr in Redmond, WA and $125k/yr in Vandenberg, CA.