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SpaceX machinist salary

SpaceX posts for machinists, a median of across 27 open jobs that state their pay, $35.4k below the other employers post. Read from SpaceX's own job board.

The jobs themselves: SpaceX jobs · Machinist pay nationwide · About SpaceX

What machinists are paid at SpaceX

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

Median $54.1k a year. Middle half $52k to $86.3k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 27 open jobs at SpaceX. Lowest posted $41.6k, highest $160k.

Posted on open jobs at SpaceX

$52k–$86.3k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 27 distinct posted rates, median $54.1k. 64% of the 42 open machinist 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 machinist pay by state

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

Against other employers

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

SpaceX

$54.1k/yr median

Middle half $52k–$86.3k, from 27 jobs stating pay.

21 other employers

$89.5k/yr median

Middle half $75.2k–$112k, from 88 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open machinist jobs at SpaceX

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SpaceX machinist salary: common questions

How much does SpaceX pay machinists?

SpaceX's open machinist jobs post $41.6k–$160k a year, a median of $54.1k over 27 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does SpaceX pay machinists more than other employers?

Its posted median ($54.1k) is $35.4k below the median of 21 other employers' rates for machinists ($89.5k, middle half $75.2k–$112k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does SpaceX pay machinists the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Washington ($62.4k, 11 jobs), California ($52k, 15 jobs) and Maryland ($46.3k, 1 job).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 27 of 42 open machinist jobs at SpaceX (64%) 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 8 Nov 2026

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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). SpaceX machinist salary. Data as of 8 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/machinists/spacex

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