IT professional salary
Space employers offer IT professionals a median of $131k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $108k–$161k. That comes from 86 jobs at 33 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$108,125/hr
- Median (50th)$131,330.50/hr
- 75th percentile$161,003.88/hr
- Distinct posted rates86
- Jobs stating an hourly rate86
- Employers33
The median is the middle of the 86 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $108,125–$161,003.88 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$108,125/hr
- Median (50th)$131,330.50/hr
- 75th percentile$161,003.88/hr
- Distinct posted rates86
- Jobs stating an hourly rate86
- Employers33
The median is the middle of the 86 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $108,125–$161,003.88 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted pay, a year$131,300
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$63.14/hr
Every figure here is a year's pay: a job that posts pay counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks). Rounded to the nearest $100.
- Lockheed Martin9 jobs
- Amazon Leo7 jobs
- Sierra Space7 jobs
- Iridium7 jobs
- Northrop Grumman6 jobs
- SpaceX6 jobs
- Impulse Space4 jobs
- Rocket Lab4 jobs
- KBR3 jobs
- True Anomaly3 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 56 at the 10 shown and 30 at 23 other employers, 86 in all.
The jobs themselves: IT professional jobs
What IT professionals are paid
How many postings fall in each salary step, a range counted at its midpoint; the darker bars are the middle half of what employers offer.
Median $131k a year. Middle half $108k to $161k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 86 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $131k. 58% of the 149 open IT professional jobs state pay.
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IT professional pay by employer
What each employer posts for IT professionals, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
IT professional pay by state
States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state pay, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.
| State | Median posted | Middle half | BLS median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $140k | $119k–$168k | n/a | 29 |
| Colorado | $129k | $107k–$159k | n/a | 26 |
| Virginia | $119k | $85k–$145k | n/a | 17 |
Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (latest release).
Best-paid open IT professional jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$208,126–$286,193/yr
$158,462–$264,104/yr
$146,200–$260,000/yr
$165,000–$240,000/yr
$190,000–$210,000/yr
$169,000–$228,600/yr
$169,000–$206,500/yr
$133,560–$240,450/yr- $153,600–$207,800/yr
- $170,000–$190,000/yr
$155,000–$200,000/yr- $131,834–$219,724/yr
Every open job: IT professional jobs
Questions about IT professional pay in space
What do space companies pay IT professionals?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $131k a year and the middle half at $108k–$161k, across 86 postings from 33 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $63.14/hr an hour.
Where do IT professionals earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: California ($140k), Colorado ($129k) and Virginia ($119k) come first, Virginia ($119k), Colorado ($129k) and California ($140k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay IT professionals the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: Amazon Leo ($159k), Lockheed Martin ($137k) and Sierra Space ($126k). The employer table covers the 33 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 86 of 149 current IT professional postings (58%) state one. Nothing is estimated for a posting without pay, "up to" ceilings are set aside, and an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours.
Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
Cite this page
SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). IT professional salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/it-professionals