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Blue Origin physicist salary

Blue Origin posts for physicists, astronomers and optical engineers, most often $150k–$211k, a median of across 6 open jobs that state their pay, $23k above the other employers post. Read from Blue Origin's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Blue Origin jobs · Physicist pay nationwide · About Blue Origin

What physicists, astronomers and optical engineers are paid at Blue Origin

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

Median $181k a year. Middle half $152k to $203k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 6 open jobs at Blue Origin. Lowest posted $81.3k, highest $257k.

Posted on open jobs at Blue Origin

$152k–$203k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 6 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $181k. 100% of the 6 open physicist jobs at Blue Origin state pay.

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Every range Blue Origin posts

Each distinct salary range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by level, location and experience.

Blue Origin physicist pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Colorado$188k$144k–$243k3
Washington$145k$81.3k–$257k3
Virginia$188k$157k–$220k1

A state's name opens what every employer posts for physicists, astronomers and optical engineers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Blue Origin's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for physicists, astronomers and optical engineers (each of their advertised ranges once).

Blue Origin

$181k/yr median

Middle half $152k–$203k, from 6 jobs stating pay.

16 other employers

$158k/yr median

Middle half $129k–$189k, from 44 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open physicist jobs at Blue Origin

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Blue Origin physicist salary: common questions

How much does Blue Origin pay physicists, astronomers and optical engineers?

Blue Origin's open physicist jobs post $81.3k–$257k a year, most often $150k–$211k (the median of the low and of the high ends of its posted ranges), a median of $181k over 6 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Blue Origin pay physicists, astronomers and optical engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($181k) is $23k above the median of 16 other employers' rates for physicists, astronomers and optical engineers ($158k, middle half $129k–$189k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Blue Origin pay physicists, astronomers and optical engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Colorado ($188k, 3 jobs), Virginia ($188k, 1 job) and Washington ($145k, 3 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 6 open physicist jobs at Blue Origin (100%) 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 Blue Origin

Physicist 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 10 Nov 2026

Cite this page

SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Blue Origin physicist salary. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/physicists/blue-origin

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