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Rocket Lab program manager salary

Rocket Lab posts for program and project managers, a median of across 10 open jobs that state their pay, $2.75k below the other employers post. Read from Rocket Lab's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Rocket Lab jobs · Program manager pay nationwide · About Rocket Lab

What program and project managers are paid at Rocket Lab

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

Median $159k a year. Middle half $157k to $191k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 10 open jobs at Rocket Lab. Lowest posted $120k, highest $263k.

Posted on open jobs at Rocket Lab

$157k–$191k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 10 distinct posted rates, median $159k. 71% of the 14 open program manager 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 program manager pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$159k$120k–$263k10
Colorado$160k$120k–$200k1

A state's name opens what every employer posts for program and project managers there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Rocket Lab's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for program and project managers (each of their advertised ranges once).

Rocket Lab

$159k/yr median

Middle half $157k–$191k, from 10 jobs stating pay.

56 other employers

$162k/yr median

Middle half $135k–$187k, from 358 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open program manager jobs at Rocket Lab

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Rocket Lab program manager salary: common questions

How much does Rocket Lab pay program and project managers?

Rocket Lab's open program manager jobs post $120k–$263k a year, a median of $159k over 10 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Rocket Lab pay program and project managers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($159k) is $2.75k below the median of 56 other employers' rates for program and project managers ($162k, middle half $135k–$187k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Rocket Lab pay program and project managers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: Colorado ($160k, 1 job) and California ($159k, 10 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 10 of 14 open program manager jobs at Rocket Lab (71%) 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). Rocket Lab program manager salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/program-managers/rocket-lab

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