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SpaceX Welder Salary

SpaceX's 39 open roles for welders post a median $63.4k/yr, typically $54.9k–$159k/yr, from 14 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 welders: 54% below it
Welders at every space company
median $88.4k/yr
SpaceX: 28% below it
All US welders, cutters, solderers and brazers, May 2025
median $53.8k/yr
SpaceX's postings: 18% above it
Highest posted top
$190k/yr
Sr. Welding Engineer (Starship Components)

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 welder pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Entry, associate or level I2Too few figures
Level IV and above1Too few figures
Senior1Too few figures
Lead2Too few figures
Title names no level33$63.4k/yr$52k–$154k/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 welders

  • Hawthorne, CA14 roles, median $63.4k/yr
  • Starbase, TX14 roles
  • Cape Canaveral, FL7 roles
  • McGregor, TX4 roles

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC

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Questions about SpaceX pay for welders

How much does SpaceX pay welders?

SpaceX's open roles for welders post a median $63.4k/yr, typically $54.9k–$159k/yr, from 14 distinct pay figures in 14 of its 39 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 $190k/yr, for Sr. Welding Engineer (Starship Components).

Does SpaceX pay welders more than other space companies?

SpaceX's median, $63.4k/yr, is 28% below the $88.4k/yr median of the 121 open roles for welders at every space company we read (SpaceX's among them).

Do welders earn more than other roles at SpaceX?

SpaceX's roles for welders post a median $63.4k/yr, 54% 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 welders compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of welders, cutters, solderers and brazers at $53.8k/yr (May 2025); SpaceX's posted median, $63.4k/yr, is 18% above 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 welders?

Its open roles for welders are in Hawthorne, CA (14), Starbase, TX (14), Cape Canaveral, FL (7) and McGregor, TX (4).