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SpaceX materials engineer salary

SpaceX posts for materials engineers and chemists, a median of across 6 open jobs that state their pay, $23.8k below the other employers post. Read from SpaceX's own job board.

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

What materials engineers and chemists are paid at SpaceX

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

Median $131k a year. Middle half $130k to $146k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 6 open jobs at SpaceX. Lowest posted $100k, highest $220k.

Posted on open jobs at SpaceX

$130k–$146k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 6 distinct posted rates, median $131k. 21% of the 28 open materials 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 materials engineer pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$130k$100k–$175k4
Washington$155k$100k–$220k2

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

Against other employers

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

SpaceX

$131k/yr median

Middle half $130k–$146k, from 6 jobs stating pay.

17 other employers

$155k/yr median

Middle half $120k–$182k, from 39 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open materials engineer jobs at SpaceX

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

SpaceX materials engineer salary: common questions

How much does SpaceX pay materials engineers and chemists?

SpaceX's open materials engineer jobs post $100k–$220k a year, a median of $131k over 6 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does SpaceX pay materials engineers and chemists more than other employers?

Its posted median ($131k) is $23.8k below the median of 17 other employers' rates for materials engineers and chemists ($155k, middle half $120k–$182k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does SpaceX pay materials engineers and chemists the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Washington ($155k, 2 jobs) and California ($130k, 4 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 6 of 28 open materials engineer jobs at SpaceX (21%) 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 materials engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/materials-engineers/spacex

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