Legal professional salary
Space employers offer lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals a median of $164k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $125k–$218k. That comes from 64 jobs at 32 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$125,275/hr
- Median (50th)$163,950/hr
- 75th percentile$218,442.63/hr
- Distinct posted rates64
- Jobs stating an hourly rate64
- Employers32
The median is the middle of the 64 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $125,275–$218,442.63 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$125,275/hr
- Median (50th)$163,950/hr
- 75th percentile$218,442.63/hr
- Distinct posted rates64
- Jobs stating an hourly rate64
- Employers32
The median is the middle of the 64 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $125,275–$218,442.63 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$164,000
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$78.82/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.
- SpaceX12 jobs
- Northrop Grumman8 jobs
- True Anomaly4 jobs
- Viasat4 jobs
- Amazon Leo3 jobs
- United Launch Alliance2 jobs
- Vast2 jobs
- Voyager Technologies2 jobs
- Sierra Space2 jobs
- CACI2 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 41 at the 10 shown and 23 at 22 other employers, 64 in all.
The jobs themselves: Legal professional jobs
What lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory 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 $164k a year. Middle half $125k to $218k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 64 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $164k. 81% of the 79 open legal professional jobs state pay.
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Legal professional pay by employer
What each employer posts for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory 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.
Legal 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 | $183k | $146k–$228k | n/a | 33 |
| District of Columbia | $173k | $132k–$220k | n/a | 16 |
| Colorado | $173k | $144k–$191k | n/a | 10 |
| Virginia | $127k | $118k–$173k | n/a | 11 |
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 legal professional jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$275,000–$340,000/yr
$250,000–$350,000/yr- $245,000–$305,000/yr
$265,000–$280,000/yr
$180,835–$335,837/yr
$213,800–$285,000/yr
$245,000–$250,000/yr
$225,000–$265,000/yr
$197,529–$276,540/yr
$180,500–$285,000/yr
$186,000–$278,000/yr
$222,000–$237,000/yr
Every open job: Legal professional jobs
Questions about legal professional pay in space
What do space companies pay lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $164k a year and the middle half at $125k–$218k, across 64 postings from 32 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $78.82/hr an hour.
Where do lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: California ($183k), District of Columbia ($173k) and Colorado ($173k) come first, Virginia ($127k), Colorado ($173k) and District of Columbia ($173k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 64 of 79 current legal professional postings (81%) 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.
Salaries in programs & business
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). Legal professional salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/legal-professionals