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The Aerospace Corporation salaries
Salary bands for the 509 roles The Aerospace Corporation 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 The Aerospace Corporation's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
509
2 remote-friendly
Median band
$105k–$170k
across 343 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 343 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+2%
midpoint $138k vs $135k
The Aerospace Corporation'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
Other engineering
85
$105k–$215k
SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering
65
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Internships and co-ops
56
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
46
$88k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
Systems engineering
40
$105k–$170k
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.
Location
Open
Median band
Source
El Segundo, CA
205
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA
70
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA
40
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; Colorado Springs, CO
20
$85k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA; Colorado Springs, CO
How much does The Aerospace Corporation pay engineers?
Engineering roles at The Aerospace Corporation currently show a median band of $105k–$170k per year across 281 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates: BLS middle half of national pay for each title's occupation, adjusted for metro). Across all 509 open roles the median band is $105k–$170k.
How many open roles does The Aerospace Corporation have?
509 live roles as of Nov 11, 7:52 AM UTC, synced from The Aerospace Corporation's own careers page, led by other engineering (85), software engineering (65), internships and co-ops (56). The largest locations are El Segundo, CA, Chantilly, VA, El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA. 2 are remote-friendly.
Are these The Aerospace Corporation salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of The Aerospace Corporation's 509 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 Nov 11, 7:52 AM UTC. Listings mirror The Aerospace Corporation'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 The Aerospace Corporation.
SpaceNexus estimate
RF, communications and antenna
26
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Mechanical, structures and thermal
23
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
GNC and flight dynamics
21
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Executive and leadership
19
$110k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Test and integration
17
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Program and project management
15
$105k–$215k
SpaceNexus estimate
Science and research
15
$100k–$165k
SpaceNexus estimate
Data, ML and AI
13
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Finance, legal and people
12
$113k–$190k
SpaceNexus estimate
SpaceNexus estimate
Colorado Springs, CO
12
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Los Angeles AFB, CA
11
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA
9
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Huntsville, AL
9
$100k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
El Segundo, CA; Huntsville, AL; Chantilly, VA +1 more