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Vast Propulsion Engineer Salary

Vast's 14 open roles for propulsion engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $141k–$258k/yr, from 13 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 propulsion engineers: 9% above it
Propulsion engineers at every space company
median $145k/yr
Vast: 6% above it
All US aerospace engineers, May 2025
median $135k/yr
Vast's postings: 14% above it
Highest posted top
$265k/yr
Propulsion 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 propulsion engineer pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II2Too few figures
Senior1Too few figures
Lead1Too few figures
Title names no level10$154k/yr$141k–$265k/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 Vast hires propulsion engineers

  • Long Beach, CA9 roles, median $168k/yr
  • Hawthorne, CA3 roles, median $133k/yr
  • Mojave, CA2 roles

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 00:02 UTC

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Questions about Vast pay for propulsion engineers

How much does Vast pay propulsion engineers?

Vast's open roles for propulsion engineers post a median $154k/yr, typically $141k–$258k/yr, from 13 distinct pay figures in 13 of its 14 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 Propulsion Design Reliability Engineer.

Does Vast pay propulsion engineers more than other space companies?

Vast's median, $154k/yr, is 6% above the $145k/yr median of the 532 open roles for propulsion engineers at every space company we read (Vast's among them).

Do propulsion engineers earn more than other roles at Vast?

Vast's roles for propulsion engineers post a median $154k/yr, 9% 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 propulsion engineers compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineers at $135k/yr (May 2025); Vast's posted median, $154k/yr, is 14% 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 propulsion engineers?

Its open roles for propulsion engineers are in Long Beach, CA (9), Hawthorne, CA (3) and Mojave, CA (2). By place, they post a median of $168k/yr in Long Beach, CA and $133k/yr in Hawthorne, CA.