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Rocket Lab manufacturing engineer salary

Rocket Lab posts for manufacturing engineers, a median of across 14 open jobs that state their pay, $2.15k below the other employers post. Read from Rocket Lab's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Rocket Lab jobs · Manufacturing engineer pay nationwide · About Rocket Lab

What manufacturing engineers are paid at Rocket Lab

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

Median $137k a year. Middle half $123k to $138k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 14 open jobs at Rocket Lab. Lowest posted $77.6k, highest $198k.

Posted on open jobs at Rocket Lab

$123k–$138k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 14 distinct posted rates, median $137k. 82% of the 17 open manufacturing engineer jobs at Rocket Lab state pay.

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Every range Rocket Lab posts

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

Rocket Lab manufacturing engineer pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$137k$100k–$198k9
Maryland$121k$77.6k–$161k5
Virginia$103k$87k–$119k1

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

Against other employers

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

Rocket Lab

$137k/yr median

Middle half $123k–$138k, from 14 jobs stating pay.

42 other employers

$139k/yr median

Middle half $120k–$162k, from 308 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open manufacturing engineer jobs at Rocket Lab

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Rocket Lab manufacturing engineer salary: common questions

How much does Rocket Lab pay manufacturing engineers?

Rocket Lab's open manufacturing engineer jobs post $77.6k–$198k a year, a median of $137k over 14 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Rocket Lab pay manufacturing engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($137k) is $2.15k below the median of 42 other employers' rates for manufacturing engineers ($139k, middle half $120k–$162k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Rocket Lab pay manufacturing engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($137k, 9 jobs), Maryland ($121k, 5 jobs) and Virginia ($103k, 1 job).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 14 of 17 open manufacturing engineer jobs at Rocket Lab (82%) 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). Rocket Lab manufacturing engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/manufacturing-engineers/rocket-lab

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