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Virgin Galactic Technician Salary

Virgin Galactic's 18 open roles for technicians post a median $74.5k/yr, typically $62.9k–$105k/yr, from 18 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Virgin Galactic role
median $126k/yr
Virgin Galactic's technicians: 41% below it
Technicians at every space company
median $73.8k/yr
Virgin Galactic: 1% above it
All US aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians, May 2025
median $82.9k/yr
Virgin Galactic's postings: 10% below it
Highest posted top
$105k/yr
Lead Mechanic, GSE

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.

Virgin Galactic technician pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Level II3$62.9k/yr$57.8k–$72.7k/yr
Senior2Too few figures
Lead5$88.6k/yr$88.6k–$105k/yr
Title names no level8$74.5k/yr$52.8k–$90.2k/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 Virgin Galactic hires technicians

  • Phoenix-Mesa, AZ8 roles, median $68.7k/yr
  • Truth or Consequences, NM6 roles, median $70k/yr
  • Irvine, CA2 roles
  • Mojave, CA2 roles

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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Questions about Virgin Galactic pay for technicians

How much does Virgin Galactic pay technicians?

Virgin Galactic's open roles for technicians post a median $74.5k/yr, typically $62.9k–$105k/yr, from 18 distinct pay figures in 18 of its 18 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 $105k/yr, for Lead Mechanic, GSE.

What does Virgin Galactic pay technicians at each level?

By the level each title names: level II: a median $62.9k/yr (3 roles); lead: a median $88.6k/yr (5 roles). A level is read from the title ("Engineer II", "Senior", "Lead"); titles that name none are left out of this answer.

Does Virgin Galactic pay technicians more than other space companies?

Virgin Galactic's median, $74.5k/yr, is 1% above the $73.8k/yr median of the 1,099 open roles for technicians at every space company we read (Virgin Galactic's among them).

Do technicians earn more than other roles at Virgin Galactic?

Virgin Galactic's roles for technicians post a median $74.5k/yr, 41% below the $126k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Virgin Galactic salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Virgin Galactic's pay for technicians compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians at $82.9k/yr (May 2025); Virgin Galactic's posted median, $74.5k/yr, is 10% below 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 Virgin Galactic hire technicians?

Its open roles for technicians are in Phoenix-Mesa, AZ (8), Truth or Consequences, NM (6), Irvine, CA (2) and Mojave, CA (2). By place, they post a median of $68.7k/yr in Phoenix-Mesa, AZ and $70k/yr in Truth or Consequences, NM.