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SpaceX salaries

What SpaceX publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$143k median · $115k to $175k middle half · 1,200+ job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 3, 2026

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Salary by role at SpaceX

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at SpaceX by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering766$143k$118k to $188k
Operations88$128k$115k to $161k
Sales48$168k$146k to $178k
Security47$148k$135k to $218k
HR18$110k$98k to $153k
Legal16$231k$227k to $275k
Finance16$148k$124k to $161k
Design11$123k$117k to $169k

Salary by AI level at SpaceX

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at SpaceX by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●64$183k$145k to $215k
Works on AI ●●●○28$138k$117k to $170k
Uses AI ●●○○20$150k$138k to $211k
Little AI ●○○○1,100+$143k$115k to $171k

Salary by country at SpaceX

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at SpaceX by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States1,200+$143k$115k to $175k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • Hourly in USD: 239 job posts, median $27/hr.

SpaceX job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 1,400+. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 1,400+ job posts at SpaceX with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 3, 2026.

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SpaceX salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does SpaceX pay?

SpaceX job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $143k. The middle half of those posts range from $115k to $175k. That is 1,200+ job posts, as of Nov 3, 2026.

Which roles at SpaceX list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Legal has the highest median at $231k, from 16 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at SpaceX change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at SpaceX: Builds AI $183k, Works on AI $138k, Uses AI $150k, Little AI $143k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these SpaceX salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at SpaceX that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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