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True Anomaly Mechanical Engineer Salary

True Anomaly's 10 open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $133k/yr, typically $118k–$250k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every True Anomaly role
median $168k/yr
True Anomaly's mechanical engineers: 21% below it
Mechanical engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
True Anomaly: 8% below it
All US mechanical engineers, May 2025
median $104k/yr
True Anomaly's postings: 28% above it
Highest posted top
$250k/yr
Mechanical Engineer, Missile Defense (Senior - Staff)

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.

True Anomaly mechanical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II1Too few figures
Senior1Too few figures
Staff2Too few figures
Manager1Too few figures
Title names no level5$128k/yr$115k–$165k/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 True Anomaly hires mechanical engineers

  • Long Beach, CA10 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Denver, CO8 roles, median $153k/yr

Open True Anomaly roles for mechanical engineers, highest pay first

Updated 1 Nov 2026, 00:02 UTC

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Questions about True Anomaly pay for mechanical engineers

How much does True Anomaly pay mechanical engineers?

True Anomaly's open roles for mechanical engineers post a median $133k/yr, typically $118k–$250k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 10 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 $250k/yr, for Mechanical Engineer, Missile Defense (Senior - Staff).

Does True Anomaly pay mechanical engineers more than other space companies?

True Anomaly's median, $133k/yr, is 8% below the $145k/yr median of the 1,207 open roles for mechanical engineers at every space company we read (True Anomaly's among them).

Do mechanical engineers earn more than other roles at True Anomaly?

True Anomaly's roles for mechanical engineers post a median $133k/yr, 21% below the $168k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (True Anomaly salaries compares every kind of work).

How does True Anomaly's pay for mechanical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of mechanical engineers at $104k/yr (May 2025); True Anomaly's posted median, $133k/yr, is 28% 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 True Anomaly hire mechanical engineers?

Its open roles for mechanical engineers are in Long Beach, CA (10) and Denver, CO (8). By place, they post a median of $133k/yr in Long Beach, CA and $153k/yr in Denver, CO.