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$62k–$170k/yrtypical paylive median $84.5k/yr hire for it

Measured from 580 distinct posted rates, across 23 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 851 of the 1,446 open roles here state no pay.

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Updated 29 Oct 2026, 13:01 UTC

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Build the hardware with your hands and run the lines that make it: assembly, integration and test technicians, machinists and CNC programmers, welders, composites and additive manufacturing, electrical and harness technicians, and the manufacturing engineers who design the process. Many of these roles are hourly and open to people without a degree.

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Manufacturing & Technicians. Build the hardware with your hands and run the lines that make it: assembly, integration and test technicians, machinists and CNC programmers, welders, composites and additive manufacturing, electrical and harness technicians, and the manufacturing engineers who design the process. It typically pays $62k–$170k/yr, with a live median of $84.5k/yr, measured from the rates its open roles publish today. hire for it, including Muon Space, Outpost, Inversion Space.

Who hires for technicians work

EmployerOpen nowPay for this work
Muon Space logoMuon Space5$154k–$269k/yr
Outpost logoOutpost3$78k–$279k/yr
Inversion Space logoInversion Space13$75.9k–$136k/yr
Albedo logoAlbedo1Stated per posting
Varda Space Industries logoVarda Space Industries26$146k–$263k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space38$89.2k–$200k/yr
Apex logoApex16$82.2k–$195k/yr
Stoke Space logoStoke Space12$83.5k–$187k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space6$106k–$198k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky1Stated per posting
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace33Stated per posting
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin292Stated per posting
Dawn Aerospace logoDawn Aerospace6Stated per posting
ICEYE logoICEYE28Stated per posting
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace24Stated per posting
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Stated per posting
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly17$65k–$108k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX486$62.1k–$160k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile82$59.8k–$114k/yr
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major19$63.4k–$149k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space110$58.9k–$124k/yr
Vast logoVast29$47.8k–$114k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab88$52k–$111k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis14$60.8k–$138k/yr

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