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Vast Electrical Engineer Salary

Vast's 27 open roles for electrical engineers post a median $156k/yr, typically $151k–$236k/yr, from 27 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Vast role
median $141k/yr
Vast's electrical engineers: 11% above it
Electrical engineers at every space company
median $157k/yr
Vast: 1% below it
All US electrical engineers, May 2025
median $121k/yr
Vast's postings: 29% above it
Highest posted top
$265k/yr
Avionics Design Reliability Engineer

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.

Vast electrical engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Intern or co-op1Too few figures
Entry, associate or level I1Too few figures
Senior8$169k/yr$166k–$236k/yr
Title names no level17$154k/yr$149k–$236k/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.

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 20:02 UTC

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Questions about Vast pay for electrical engineers

How much does Vast pay electrical engineers?

Vast's open roles for electrical engineers post a median $156k/yr, typically $151k–$236k/yr, from 27 distinct pay figures in 27 of its 27 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 $265k/yr, for Avionics Design Reliability Engineer.

What does Vast pay electrical engineers at each level?

By the level each title names: senior: a median $169k/yr (8 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Vast pay electrical engineers more than other space companies?

Vast's median, $156k/yr, is 1% below the $157k/yr median of the 1,545 open roles for electrical engineers at every space company we read (Vast's among them).

Do electrical engineers earn more than other roles at Vast?

Vast's roles for electrical engineers post a median $156k/yr, 11% above the $141k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Vast salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Vast's pay for electrical engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of electrical engineers at $121k/yr (May 2025); Vast's posted median, $156k/yr, is 29% 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 Vast hire electrical engineers?

Its open roles for electrical engineers are in Long Beach, CA (27).