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Vast mechanical engineer salary

Vast posts for mechanical engineers, a median of across 17 open jobs that state their pay, $18.2k above the other employers post. Read from Vast's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Vast jobs · Mechanical engineer pay nationwide · About Vast

What mechanical engineers are paid at Vast

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

Median $167k a year. Middle half $136k to $184k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 17 open jobs at Vast. Lowest posted $86.1k, highest $265k.

Posted on open jobs at Vast

$136k–$184k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 17 distinct posted rates, median $167k. 94% of the 18 open mechanical engineer jobs at Vast state pay.

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Every range Vast posts

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

Vast mechanical engineer pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$167k$86.1k–$265k17

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

Against other employers

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

Vast

$167k/yr median

Middle half $136k–$184k, from 17 jobs stating pay.

61 other employers

$148k/yr median

Middle half $129k–$174k, from 507 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open mechanical engineer jobs at Vast

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Vast mechanical engineer salary: common questions

How much does Vast pay mechanical engineers?

Vast's open mechanical engineer jobs post $86.1k–$265k a year, a median of $167k over 17 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Vast pay mechanical engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($167k) is $18.2k above the median of 61 other employers' rates for mechanical engineers ($148k, middle half $129k–$174k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 17 of 18 open mechanical engineer jobs at Vast (94%) 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 Vast

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). Vast mechanical engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/mechanical-engineers/vast

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