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Vast pay · 30 Oct 2026

How much does Vast pay?

Typical pay at Vast, as a year's pay: $90.5k–$160k/yr, median $112k/yr. Those figures come from the 170 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $39.5k/yr at the bottom to $189k/yr at the top.

Measured from 170 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 4 of the 174 listings open here post no pay at all.

Pay read from its board 30 Oct 2026, 00:01 UTC174 open Vast roles

Vast pay, discipline by discipline

Every row sets Vast'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.

Kind of workOpen rolesTypical payEvery employer
Programs & Business31$95k–$163k/yr$110k–$241k/yr1,163 roles
Technicians29$47.8k–$114k/yrNo band
Systems & Test27$96.4k–$151k/yrNo band
Mechanical22$112k–$162k/yrNo band
Quality18$93.7k–$162k/yrNo band
Avionics14$112k–$153k/yrNo band
Software & IT14$123k–$168k/yr$135k–$265k/yr899 roles
Propulsion6$110k–$133k/yr$104k–$215k/yr230 roles
Supply Chain6$76.7k–$96.9k/yrNo band
Flight Software4$160k–$180k/yrNo band
Launch & Ops2$112k–$151k/yr2 ratesNo band
RF & Payloads1$121k/yr1 rate$133k–$270k/yr256 roles

Vast's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $95k–$163k/yr (median $118k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 1,163 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $110k–$241k/yr (median $140k/yr).

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Vast pay: questions

How much does Vast pay?

Typical pay at Vast, as a year's pay: $90.5k–$160k/yr, median $112k/yr. Those figures come from the 170 openings listing a rate on 30 Oct 2026. Posted rates go from $39.5k/yr at the bottom to $189k/yr at the top.

Which open Vast role pays the most?

As of 30 Oct 2026 the best-paid opening is Director, Mission Engineering & Management, at $189k/yr, posted as "$188,600 per year". Every open role by pay.

Is Vast's pay above the market for the same work?

Vast's biggest kind of work with enough posted rates is Programs & Business. There its roles typically pay $95k–$163k/yr (median $118k/yr); the same work at every employer we track, 1,163 Programs & Business roles in all, pays $110k–$241k/yr (median $140k/yr).

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