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Rocket Lab mechanical engineer salary

Rocket Lab posts for mechanical engineers, a median of across 16 open jobs that state their pay, $4.28k below the other employers post. Read from Rocket Lab's own job board.

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

What mechanical 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 $146k a year. Middle half $120k to $176k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 16 open jobs at Rocket Lab. Lowest posted $82.4k, highest $253k.

Posted on open jobs at Rocket Lab

$120k–$176k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 16 distinct posted rates, median $146k. 80% of the 20 open mechanical 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 mechanical engineer pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$151k$82.4k–$253k14
Maryland$122k$87k–$236k3
Virginia$111k$87k–$137k2

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

Against other employers

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

Rocket Lab

$146k/yr median

Middle half $120k–$176k, from 16 jobs stating pay.

61 other employers

$150k/yr median

Middle half $130k–$174k, from 508 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open mechanical engineer jobs at Rocket Lab

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Rocket Lab mechanical engineer salary: common questions

How much does Rocket Lab pay mechanical engineers?

Rocket Lab's open mechanical engineer jobs post $82.4k–$253k a year, a median of $146k over 16 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Rocket Lab pay mechanical engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($146k) is $4.28k below the median of 61 other employers' rates for mechanical engineers ($150k, middle half $130k–$174k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Rocket Lab pay mechanical engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($151k, 14 jobs), Maryland ($122k, 3 jobs) and Virginia ($111k, 2 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 16 of 20 open mechanical engineer jobs at Rocket Lab (80%) state pay. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Rocket Lab

Mechanical engineer pay at other employers

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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 mechanical engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/mechanical-engineers/rocket-lab

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