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SpaceX data scientist salary

SpaceX posts for data scientists and machine learning engineers, a median of across 12 open jobs that state their pay, $27.5k above the other employers post. Read from SpaceX's own job board.

The jobs themselves: SpaceX jobs · Data scientist pay nationwide · About SpaceX

What data scientists and machine learning engineers are paid at SpaceX

Each bar counts the open jobs posting pay in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $188k a year. Middle half $174k to $278k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 12 open jobs at SpaceX. Lowest posted $125k, highest $350k.

Posted on open jobs at SpaceX

$174k–$278k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 12 distinct posted rates, median $188k. 63% of the 19 open data scientist jobs at SpaceX state pay.

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Every range SpaceX posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

SpaceX data scientist pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$200k$125k–$350k8
District of Columbia$218k$125k–$350k7
Washington$183k$125k–$350k7

A state's name opens what every employer posts for data scientists and machine learning engineers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

SpaceX's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for data scientists and machine learning engineers (each of their advertised ranges once).

SpaceX

$188k/yr median

Middle half $174k–$278k, from 12 jobs stating pay.

21 other employers

$160k/yr median

Middle half $126k–$188k, from 68 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open data scientist jobs at SpaceX

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

SpaceX data scientist salary: common questions

How much does SpaceX pay data scientists and machine learning engineers?

SpaceX's open data scientist jobs post $125k–$350k a year, a median of $188k over 12 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does SpaceX pay data scientists and machine learning engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($188k) is $27.5k above the median of 21 other employers' rates for data scientists and machine learning engineers ($160k, middle half $126k–$188k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does SpaceX pay data scientists and machine learning engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: District of Columbia ($218k, 7 jobs), California ($200k, 8 jobs) and Washington ($183k, 7 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 12 of 19 open data scientist jobs at SpaceX (63%) state pay. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at SpaceX

Data scientist pay at other employers

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the pay times 2,080 hours.
  1. SpaceJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 7 Nov 2026

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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). SpaceX data scientist salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/data-scientists/spacex

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