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SpaceX Systems Engineer Salary

SpaceX's 26 open roles for systems engineers post a median $148k/yr, typically $130k–$265k/yr, from 18 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 systems engineers: 7% above it
Systems engineers at every space company
median $152k/yr
SpaceX: 3% below it
Highest posted top
$280k/yr
Sr. DSP Systems Engineer (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 systems engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Senior8$209k/yr$196k–$270k/yr
Lead1Too few figures
Title names no level17$130k/yr$126k–$162k/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 systems engineers

  • Hawthorne, CA11 roles, median $130k/yr
  • Starbase, TX4 roles
  • Redmond, WA3 roles, median $203k/yr
  • Cape Canaveral, FL2 roles
  • Memphis, TN2 roles
  • Irvine, CA1 role
  • Palo Alto, CA1 role
  • Sunnyvale, CA1 role
  • Woodinville, WA1 role

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for systems engineers

How much does SpaceX pay systems engineers?

SpaceX's open roles for systems engineers post a median $148k/yr, typically $130k–$265k/yr, from 18 distinct pay figures in 18 of its 26 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. DSP Systems Engineer (Silicon Engineering).

What does SpaceX pay systems engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $209k/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 systems engineers more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $148k/yr, is 3% below the $152k/yr median of the 1,199 open roles for systems engineers at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do systems engineers earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for systems engineers post a median $148k/yr, 7% above the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

Where does SpaceX hire systems engineers?

Its open roles for systems engineers are in Hawthorne, CA (11), Starbase, TX (4), Redmond, WA (3), Cape Canaveral, FL (2) and Memphis, TN (2). By place, they post a median of $130k/yr in Hawthorne, CA and $203k/yr in Redmond, WA.