Salaries / Aerospace

Aerospace Salaries

Live base-salary benchmarks from open roles at aerospace companies building the future.

4,930 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$150k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$118k–$182k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

4,930

52% of 9,396 live openings

Companies disclosing

82

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range

1

Business Development Director, US Government Markets

Apex Space · Los Angeles, CA · Director

$175k–$600k

2

Senior Director, Business Development USG Federal

Muon Space · Arlington, VA · Director

$185k–$420k

3

Head of Avionics & Control Products - Blue Engines

Blue Origin · Seattle, WA · Director

$281k–$401k

4

Director, Business Development

Muon Space · Washington, D.C. · Director

$177k–$400k

5

Staff Software Engineer, AI Foundation Model

Merlin Labs · Boston, MA · Staff / Principal

$225k–$390k

6

SVP, Government Affairs

True Anomaly · Washington, D.C. · Executive

$255k–$380k

7

Associate General Counsel, Employment

Archer · San Jose, CA · Director

$294k–$367k

8

Vice President Defense and Intelligence Engineering

Planet Labs · San Francisco, CA · Executive

$293k–$366k

9

Director, AI Core Software

Merlin Labs · Boston, MA · Director

$252k–$360k

10

Autonomy Engineer, Ops Research (Senior - Principal)

True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Staff / Principal

$180k–$360k

11

ASI · Remote · Staff / Principal

$260k–$355k

12

Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$235k–$355k

13

Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

SpaceX · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$220k–$355k

14

Principal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

SpaceX · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$210k–$355k

15

Chief Engineer, Host Vehicle

True Anomaly · Denver, CO · Director

$210k–$355k

16

Vice President, Production

True Anomaly · Long Beach, CA · Executive

$300k–$350k

17

Chief Information Security Officer

Zipline · South San Francisco, CA · Executive

$250k–$350k

18

Chief Financial Officer

Xona Space Systems · Burlingame, CA · Executive

$250k–$350k

19

Business Development Manager - Commercial

Muon Space · Arlington, VA · Manager

$230k–$350k

20

VP of Product and Technical Strategy

AnySignal · Torrance, CA · Executive

$225k–$350k

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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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