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SpaceX GNC engineer salary

SpaceX posts for GNC engineers, a median of across 14 open jobs that state their pay, $13k below the other employers post. Read from SpaceX's own job board.

The jobs themselves: SpaceX jobs · GNC engineer pay nationwide · About SpaceX

What GNC engineers are paid at SpaceX

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

Median $160k a year. Middle half $138k to $163k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 14 open jobs at SpaceX. Lowest posted $125k, highest $200k.

Posted on open jobs at SpaceX

$138k–$163k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 14 distinct posted rates, median $160k. 70% of the 20 open GNC engineer 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 GNC engineer pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Washington$163k$125k–$200k8
California$149k$125k–$195k6

A state's name opens what every employer posts for GNC engineers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

SpaceX's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for GNC engineers (each of their advertised ranges once).

SpaceX

$160k/yr median

Middle half $138k–$163k, from 14 jobs stating pay.

41 other employers

$173k/yr median

Middle half $146k–$194k, from 149 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open GNC engineer jobs at SpaceX

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

SpaceX GNC engineer salary: common questions

How much does SpaceX pay GNC engineers?

SpaceX's open GNC engineer jobs post $125k–$200k a year, a median of $160k over 14 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does SpaceX pay GNC engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($160k) is $13k below the median of 41 other employers' rates for GNC engineers ($173k, middle half $146k–$194k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does SpaceX pay GNC engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Washington ($163k, 8 jobs) and California ($149k, 6 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 14 of 20 open GNC engineer jobs at SpaceX (70%) state pay. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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 GNC engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/gnc-engineers/spacex

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