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Rocket Lab systems engineer salary

Rocket Lab posts for systems engineers, a median of across 12 open jobs that state their pay, $14k below the other employers post. Read from Rocket Lab's own job board.

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

What systems 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 $142k a year. Middle half $115k to $148k. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted pay figures of 12 open jobs at Rocket Lab. Lowest posted $77.6k, highest $260k.

Posted on open jobs at Rocket Lab

$115k–$148k/yr

Middle half of the employer's 12 distinct posted rates, median $142k. 63% of the 19 open systems 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 systems engineer pay by state

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

Against other employers

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

Rocket Lab

$142k/yr median

Middle half $115k–$148k, from 12 jobs stating pay.

58 other employers

$156k/yr median

Middle half $131k–$178k, from 545 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open systems engineer jobs at Rocket Lab

Its open jobs posting the highest pay figures tonight.

Rocket Lab systems engineer salary: common questions

How much does Rocket Lab pay systems engineers?

Rocket Lab's open systems engineer jobs post $77.6k–$260k a year, a median of $142k over 12 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Rocket Lab pay systems engineers more than other employers?

Its posted median ($142k) is $14k below the median of 58 other employers' rates for systems engineers ($156k, middle half $131k–$178k). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Rocket Lab pay systems engineers the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($148k, 7 jobs), Virginia ($111k, 4 jobs) and Maryland ($103k, 3 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 12 of 19 open systems engineer jobs at Rocket Lab (63%) 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 systems engineer salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/systems-engineers/rocket-lab

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