
Varda Space Industries pay · 31 Oct 2026
How much does Varda Space Industries pay?
Typical pay at Varda Space Industries, as a year's pay: $136k–$263k/yr, median $160k/yr. Those figures come from the 90 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $61.9k/yr at the bottom to $317k/yr at the top.
Measured from 90 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 27 of the 117 listings open here post no pay at all.
Varda Space Industries pay, discipline by discipline
Every row sets Varda Space Industries'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.
Varda Space Industries's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Technicians. There its roles typically pay $146k–$263k/yr (median $172k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,371 Technicians roles in all, pays $71.8k–$195k/yr (median $91.5k/yr).
Varda Space Industries salaries by profession
What Varda Space Industries's postings pay each profession, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.
- Varda Space Industries Manufacturing Engineer salarymedian $172k/yr, 23 open roles
- Varda Space Industries Mechanical Engineer salarymedian $160k/yr, 18 open roles
- Varda Space Industries Propulsion Engineer salarymedian $160k/yr, 13 open roles
- Varda Space Industries Electrical Engineer salarymedian $172k/yr, 11 open roles
Best-paid Varda Space Industries openings right now
Every Varda Space Industries role by payPrincipal RF Components Engineer (opens the job details)
RF & Payloads · El Segundo, California, United States· 3w agoDetails
$219,161–$316,566/yrDirector of Business Development & Capture - Advanced Concepts (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · El Segundo, California +3 more· 2w agoDetails
$243,360–$310,960/yrDirector, Payload Systems Integration & Test (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · El Segundo, California, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$192,500–$278,056/yrPrincipal Manufacturing Engineer (Avionics / Electromechanical / Harnessing) (opens the job details)
Technicians · El Segundo, California, United States· 5d agoDetails
$181,913–$262,763/yrPrincipal Manufacturing Engineer (Payloads) (opens the job details)
Technicians · El Segundo, California, United States· 3w agoDetails
$181,913–$262,763/yrPrincipal Manufacturing Engineer (Integration) (opens the job details)
Technicians · El Segundo, California, United States· 5d agoDetails
$181,913–$262,763/yr
Varda Space Industries pay: questions
How much does Varda Space Industries pay?
Typical pay at Varda Space Industries, as a year's pay: $136k–$263k/yr, median $160k/yr. Those figures come from the 90 openings listing a rate on 31 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $61.9k/yr at the bottom to $317k/yr at the top.
Which open Varda Space Industries role pays the most?
As of 31 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Principal RF Components Engineer, at $268k/yr, posted as "$219,161 - $316,566/per year". Every open role by pay.
Is Varda Space Industries's pay above the market for the same work?
Varda Space Industries's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Technicians. There its roles typically pay $146k–$263k/yr (median $172k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 2,371 Technicians roles in all, pays $71.8k–$195k/yr (median $91.5k/yr).
What does Varda Space Industries pay each profession?
By the median its open roles post: manufacturing engineers $172k/yr (23 roles), mechanical engineers $160k/yr (18 roles), propulsion engineers $160k/yr (13 roles) and electrical engineers $172k/yr (11 roles). Each page shows the pay by level and by site, with every role.
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