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SpaceX Quality Engineer or Inspector Salary

SpaceX's 169 open roles for quality engineers and inspectors post a median $135k/yr, typically $105k–$229k/yr, from 93 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 quality engineers and inspectors: 2% below it
Quality engineers and inspectors at every space company
median $129k/yr
SpaceX: 5% above it
Highest posted top
$280k/yr
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink)

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 quality engineer or inspector pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II2Too few figures
Level IV and above1Too few figures
Senior30$198k/yr$160k–$270k/yr
Lead8$189k/yr$178k–$229k/yr
Manager3Too few figures
Senior manager1Too few figures
Title names no level124$123k/yr$87.4k–$183k/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 quality engineers and inspectors

  • Hawthorne, CA58 roles, median $136k/yr
  • Bastrop, TX30 roles
  • Starbase, TX19 roles
  • Redmond, WA15 roles, median $140k/yr
  • Memphis, TN13 roles
  • Woodinville, WA10 roles, median $88.4k/yr
  • Cape Canaveral, FL5 roles
  • Vandenberg, CA4 roles, median $126k/yr
  • Bloomfield, CT3 roles

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for quality engineers and inspectors

How much does SpaceX pay quality engineers and inspectors?

SpaceX's open roles for quality engineers and inspectors post a median $135k/yr, typically $105k–$229k/yr, from 93 distinct pay figures in 93 of its 169 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. Site Reliability Engineer (Starlink).

What does SpaceX pay quality engineers and inspectors at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $198k/yr (30 roles); lead: a median $189k/yr (8 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 quality engineers and inspectors more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $135k/yr, is 5% above the $129k/yr median of the 814 open roles for quality engineers and inspectors at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do quality engineers and inspectors earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for quality engineers and inspectors post a median $135k/yr, 2% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire quality engineers and inspectors?

Its open roles for quality engineers and inspectors are in Hawthorne, CA (58), Bastrop, TX (30), Starbase, TX (19), Redmond, WA (15) and Memphis, TN (13). By place, they post a median of $136k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $140k/yr in Redmond, WA and $88.4k/yr in Woodinville, WA.