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The Aerospace Corporation salaries
Salary bands for the 424 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
424
1 remote-friendly
Median band
$110k–$160k
across 323 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 323 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
-6%
midpoint $135k vs $144k
The Aerospace Corporation's median band midpoint of $135k sits 6% below the SpaceNexus industry benchmark of $144k: the median across 58 curated space-industry roles, US base salary, as of 2026-08. 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
55
$110k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
52
$105k–$158k
SpaceNexus estimate
Systems engineering
44
$110k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
Software engineering
38
$120k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Internships and co-ops
36
$80k–$110k
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.
Location
Open
Median band
Source
El Segundo, CA
172
$110k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA
61
$120k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA
35
$105k–$150k
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA; Colorado Springs, CO
14
$105k–$150k
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 $110k–$160k per year across 271 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates, matched to each title and adjusted for seniority and location). Across all 424 open roles the median band is $110k–$160k.
How many open roles does The Aerospace Corporation have?
424 live roles as of Oct 8, 1:32 PM UTC, synced from The Aerospace Corporation's own careers page, led by other engineering (55), other roles (52), systems engineering (44). The largest locations are El Segundo, CA, Chantilly, VA, El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA. 1 is remote-friendly.
Are these The Aerospace Corporation salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of The Aerospace Corporation's 424 current postings state a range, so every band on this page is a SpaceNexus estimate: our benchmark dataset of 58 roles (as of 2026-08) matched to the title and adjusted for seniority and metro. Estimates are guidance, not offers.
Counts are live as of Oct 8, 1:32 PM 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.
Mechanical, structures and thermal
24
$105k–$150k
SpaceNexus estimate
GNC and flight dynamics
22
$110k–$155k
SpaceNexus estimate
RF, communications and antenna
21
$150k–$203k
SpaceNexus estimate
Executive and leadership
20
$150k–$210k
SpaceNexus estimate
Science and research
16
$100k–$150k
SpaceNexus estimate
Test and integration
16
$120k–$163k
SpaceNexus estimate
Avionics and electrical
13
$120k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Program and project management
12
$125k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Finance, legal and people
10
$105k–$158k
SpaceNexus estimate
SpaceNexus estimate
Chantilly, VA; El Segundo, CA
12
$110k–$160k
SpaceNexus estimate
Colorado Springs, CO
8
$120k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Colorado Springs, CO; El Segundo, CA; Chantilly, VA