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Rocket Lab salaries
Salary bands for the 577 roles Rocket Lab has open right now, by role family and location. Where a posting states a range we show it verbatim; otherwise the band is a SpaceNexus estimate: the same bands that appear on Rocket Lab's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
577
On site
Median band
$105k–$170k
across 447 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 447 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+2%
midpoint $138k vs $135k
Rocket Lab's median band midpoint of $138k sits 2% above the SpaceNexus industry benchmark of $135k: the median of the BLS national median wages (OEWS, May 2025) behind our 51 benchmark roles, checked 2026-10. Mix matters: an employer hiring mostly technicians will sit below a benchmark weighted toward engineers, and vice versa.
By role family
Titles are clustered into families (a "Senior Propulsion Engineer" and a "Turbomachinery Lead" both land in Propulsion). The band is the median of the family's listings.
Role family
Open
Median band
Source
Internships and co-ops
91
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Manufacturing and technicians
90
$60k–$85k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
46
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Mechanical, structures and thermal
45
$85k–$135k
SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering
40
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
By location and remote
Estimates are adjusted for metro (LA/Bay +20%, Seattle +15%, DC +10%, Houston and remote −5%, Huntsville −10%); stated ranges are the employer's own.
Engineering roles at Rocket Lab currently show a median band of $105k–$170k per year across 260 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates: BLS middle half of national pay for each title's occupation, adjusted for metro). Across all 577 open roles the median band is $105k–$170k.
How many open roles does Rocket Lab have?
577 live roles as of Oct 12, 6:44 AM UTC, synced from Rocket Lab's own careers page, led by internships and co-ops (91), manufacturing and technicians (90), other roles (46). The largest locations are Long Beach, CA, Auckland, NZ, Middle River, MD.
Are these Rocket Lab salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of Rocket Lab's 577 current postings state a range, so every band on this page is a SpaceNexus estimate: the title is matched to one of our 51 benchmark roles, each set to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, May 2025) national wages for its closest occupation; the band is the middle half of that pay (25th to 75th percentile), adjusted for metro where BLS has an area figure. Estimates are guidance, not offers.
Counts are live as of Oct 12, 6:44 AM UTC. Listings mirror Rocket Lab's careers page; large employers often post the same role in several locations. Bands labelled "SpaceNexus estimate" are guidance from a benchmark dataset, not offers. Nothing here is a statement by Rocket Lab.