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SpaceX Program or Project Manager Salary

SpaceX's 50 open roles for program and project managers post a median $110k/yr, typically $101k–$246k/yr, from 13 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 program and project managers: 20% below it
Program and project managers at every space company
median $161k/yr
SpaceX: 32% below it
Highest posted top
$280k/yr
Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering)

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 program or project manager pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior3Too few figures
Lead4Too few figures
Principal or fellow1Too few figures
Manager22Too few figures
Title names no level20$105k/yr$95k–$143k/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 program and project managers

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for program and project managers

How much does SpaceX pay program and project managers?

SpaceX's open roles for program and project managers post a median $110k/yr, typically $101k–$246k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures in 14 of its 50 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 $280k/yr, for Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering).

Does SpaceX pay program and project managers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $110k/yr, is 32% below the $161k/yr median of the 862 open roles for program and project managers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do program and project managers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for program and project managers post a median $110k/yr, 20% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire program and project managers?

Its open roles for program and project managers are in Starbase, TX (21), Hawthorne, CA (8), Bastrop, TX (5), Cape Canaveral, FL (3) and Redmond, WA (3). By place, they post a median of $109k/yr in Hawthorne, CA and $125k/yr in Redmond, WA.