US Space Force pay · 30 Oct 2026
How much does US Space Force pay?
Typical pay at US Space Force, as a year's pay: $71.5k–$165k/yr, median $97.3k/yr. Those figures come from the 41 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $34.8k/yr at the bottom to $197k/yr at the top.
Measured from 41 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
US Space Force pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets US Space Force's open roles in one discipline next to that discipline across all employers, so you can tell whether it pays above or below the going rate. Typical pay means 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. Click a figure for the roles behind it.
US Space Force's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $69.8k–$188k/yr (median $116k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,269 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $116k–$255k/yr (median $148k/yr).
Best-paid US Space Force openings right now
Every US Space Force role by payManagement and Program Analysis (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Vandenberg AFB, California· 1w agoDetails
$146,632–$197,200/yrGENERAL ATTORNEY (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Los Angeles, California· 1w agoDetails
$146,632–$197,200/yrSENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Pentagon, Arlington +2 more· 1w agoDetails
$143,913–$197,200/yrPROGRAM ANALYST (KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT) (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Peterson AFB, Colorado, United States· 1d agoDetails
$129,096–$167,830/yrChief of Plans (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Patrick AFB, Florida, United States· 2d agoDetails
$126,711–$164,729/yrSUPERVISORY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST (opens the job details)
Supply Chain · Ramstein, Germany· 2d agoDetails
$107,446–$164,301/yr
US Space Force pay: questions
How much does US Space Force pay?
Typical pay at US Space Force, as a year's pay: $71.5k–$165k/yr, median $97.3k/yr. Those figures come from the 41 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $34.8k/yr at the bottom to $197k/yr at the top.
Which open US Space Force role pays the most?
As of 30 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Management and Program Analysis, at $172k/yr, posted as "$146,632-$197,200 per year". Every open role by pay.
Is US Space Force's pay above the market for the same work?
US Space Force's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $69.8k–$188k/yr (median $116k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,269 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $116k–$255k/yr (median $148k/yr).