Technician salary
Space employers offer technicians a median of $73.9k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $59.8k–$84k. That comes from 128 jobs at 25 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$59,800/hr
- Median (50th)$73,882.25/hr
- 75th percentile$84,025/hr
- Distinct posted rates128
- Jobs stating an hourly rate128
- Employers25
The median is the middle of the 128 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $59,800–$84,025 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$59,800/hr
- Median (50th)$73,882.25/hr
- 75th percentile$84,025/hr
- Distinct posted rates128
- Jobs stating an hourly rate128
- Employers25
The median is the middle of the 128 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $59,800–$84,025 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$73,900
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$35.52/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 Martin23 jobs
- Northrop Grumman22 jobs
- Virgin Galactic18 jobs
- US Space Force9 jobs
- BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems8 jobs
- Teledyne8 jobs
- KBR7 jobs
- Rocket Lab6 jobs
- CACI4 jobs
- Leidos3 jobs
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 108 at the 10 shown and 20 at 15 other employers, 128 in all.
The jobs themselves: Technician jobs
What technicians 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 $73.9k a year. Middle half $59.8k to $84k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 128 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $73.9k. 17% of the 755 open technician 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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Technician pay by employer
What each employer posts for technicians, 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.
Technician 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | $80.8k | $74.5k–$88.9k | n/a | 35 |
| Arizona | $79.1k | $60.3k–$88.6k | n/a | 12 |
| California | $73.9k | $61.6k–$83.2k | n/a | 24 |
| New Mexico | $70.1k | $62.9k–$79.4k | n/a | 8 |
| Maryland | $60k | $54.8k–$78k | n/a | 12 |
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 technician jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$118,095–$200,762/yr
$118,000–$178,000/yr- $118,000–$178,000/yr
$86,800–$165,200/yr
$97,300–$146,000/yr- $79,365–$134,921/yr
$79,100–$131,900/yr
$67,900–$126,100/yr- $67,900–$126,100/yr
- $72,600–$121,000/yr
$84,000–$105,000/yr
$73,000–$116,000/yr
Every open job: Technician jobs
Questions about technician pay in space
What do space companies pay technicians?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $73.9k a year and the middle half at $59.8k–$84k, across 128 postings from 25 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $35.52/hr an hour.
Where do technicians earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: Colorado ($80.8k), Arizona ($79.1k) and California ($73.9k) come first, Maryland ($60k), New Mexico ($70.1k) and California ($73.9k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay technicians the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems ($80.2k), KBR ($78k) and Virgin Galactic ($74.5k). The employer table covers the 25 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 128 of 755 current technician postings (17%) 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.
Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
Cite this page
SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Technician salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/technicians