Program manager salary
Space employers offer program and project managers a median of $162k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $135k–$187k. That comes from 368 jobs at 57 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$135,000/hr
- Median (50th)$161,500/hr
- 75th percentile$187,360.13/hr
- Distinct posted rates368
- Jobs stating an hourly rate368
- Employers57
The median is the middle of the 368 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $135,000–$187,360.13 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$135,000/hr
- Median (50th)$161,500/hr
- 75th percentile$187,360.13/hr
- Distinct posted rates368
- Jobs stating an hourly rate368
- Employers57
The median is the middle of the 368 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $135,000–$187,360.13 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted pay, a year$161,500
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$77.64/hr
Every figure here is a year's pay: a job that posts pay counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks). Rounded to the nearest $100.
- Lockheed Martin71 jobs
- Amazon Leo58 jobs
- Northrop Grumman27 jobs
- Viasat18 jobs
- Blue Origin15 jobs
- BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems11 jobs
- Rocket Lab10 jobs
- Voyager Technologies9 jobs
- Sierra Space8 jobs
- True Anomaly8 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 235 at the 10 shown and 133 at 47 other employers, 368 in all.
The jobs themselves: Program manager jobs
What program and project managers are paid
How many postings fall in each salary step, a range counted at its midpoint; the darker bars are the middle half of what employers offer.
Median $162k a year. Middle half $135k to $187k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 368 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $162k. 72% of the 509 open program manager jobs state pay. Another 1 states an "up to" ceiling, a weekly travel rate or a per-visit fee, left out.
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Program manager pay by employer
What each employer posts for program and project managers, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
Program manager pay by state
States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state pay, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.
| State | Median posted | Middle half | BLS median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $188k | $168k–$211k | n/a | 22 |
| Washington | $175k | $150k–$175k | n/a | 58 |
| Texas | $174k | $126k–$184k | n/a | 9 |
| Arizona | $172k | $152k–$185k | n/a | 12 |
| California | $161k | $135k–$194k | n/a | 138 |
| Alabama | $157k | $126k–$199k | n/a | 29 |
| Colorado | $155k | $133k–$180k | n/a | 120 |
| Florida | $142k | $112k–$174k | n/a | 25 |
Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (latest release).
Best-paid open program manager jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$205,300–$381,300/yr- $205,300–$381,300/yr
$230,398–$322,557/yr
$220,800–$331,200/yr
$212,500–$335,500/yr
$184,000–$341,500/yr
$193,000–$289,600/yr- $193,000–$289,600/yr
$192,885–$289,380/yr
$227,000–$250,000/yr
$225,000–$250,000/yr- $180,500–$285,000/yr
Every open job: Program manager jobs
Questions about program manager pay in space
What do space companies pay program and project managers?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $162k a year and the middle half at $135k–$187k, across 368 postings from 57 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $77.64/hr an hour.
Where do program and project managers earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: Virginia ($188k), Washington ($175k) and Texas ($174k) come first, Florida ($142k), Colorado ($155k) and Alabama ($157k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay program and project managers the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: Muon Space ($219k), RTX ($192k) and Relativity Space ($190k). The employer table covers the 40 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 368 of 509 current program manager postings (72%) state one. Nothing is estimated for a posting without pay, "up to" ceilings are set aside, and an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours.
Salaries in programs & business
Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Program manager salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/program-managers