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SpaceX Technician Salary

SpaceX's 230 open roles for technicians post a median $62.4k/yr, typically $54.7k–$105k/yr, from 104 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 technicians: 55% below it
Technicians at every space company
median $73.8k/yr
SpaceX: 15% below it
All US aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians, May 2025
median $82.9k/yr
SpaceX's postings: 25% below it
Highest posted top
$129k/yr
Maintenance Technician (Starlink) - Level 4/5

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 technician pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I7$61.4k/yr$59.5k–$77k/yr
Level IV and above19$91.5k/yr$90.5k–$112k/yr
Lead4Too few figures
Title names no level200$61.4k/yr$54.1k–$93.8k/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 technicians

  • Hawthorne, CA55 roles, median $63.4k/yr
  • Bastrop, TX46 roles
  • Starbase, TX42 roles
  • Redmond, WA23 roles, median $61.4k/yr
  • McGregor, TX16 roles
  • Cape Canaveral, FL15 roles
  • Woodinville, WA10 roles, median $61.4k/yr
  • Vandenberg, CA8 roles, median $67.3k/yr
  • Canandaigua, NY6 roles, median $65k/yr

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 08:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for technicians

How much does SpaceX pay technicians?

SpaceX's open roles for technicians post a median $62.4k/yr, typically $54.7k–$105k/yr, from 104 distinct pay figures in 105 of its 230 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 $129k/yr, for Maintenance Technician (Starlink) - Level 4/5.

What does SpaceX pay technicians at each level?

By the level each title names: entry, associate or level I: a median $61.4k/yr (7 roles); level IV and above: a median $91.5k/yr (19 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 technicians more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $62.4k/yr, is 15% below the $73.8k/yr median of the 1,103 open roles for technicians at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do technicians earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for technicians post a median $62.4k/yr, 55% below the $138k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (SpaceX salaries compares every kind of work).

How does SpaceX's pay for technicians compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians at $82.9k/yr (May 2025); SpaceX's posted median, $62.4k/yr, is 25% below it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does SpaceX hire technicians?

Its open roles for technicians are in Hawthorne, CA (55), Bastrop, TX (46), Starbase, TX (42), Redmond, WA (23) and McGregor, TX (16). By place, they post a median of $63.4k/yr in Hawthorne, CA, $61.4k/yr in Redmond, WA and $61.4k/yr in Woodinville, WA.