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Vast salaries
Salary bands for the 182 roles Vast 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 Vast's listings. How the estimates are made.
Summary
Open roles
182
On site
Median band
$105k–$170k
across 140 roles with a band
Range stated in posting
0%
0 stated · 140 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark
+2%
midpoint $138k vs $135k
Vast'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
Manufacturing and technicians
28
$70k–$110k
SpaceNexus estimate
Mechanical, structures and thermal
26
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Avionics and electrical
18
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Other roles
17
$105k–$170k
SpaceNexus estimate
Finance, legal and people
12
$105k–$215k
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 Vast currently show a median band of $105k–$170k per year across 86 live listings (SpaceNexus estimates: BLS middle half of national pay for each title's occupation, adjusted for metro). Across all 182 open roles the median band is $105k–$170k.
How many open roles does Vast have?
182 live roles as of Oct 29, 3:44 AM UTC, synced from Vast's own careers page, led by manufacturing and technicians (28), mechanical, structures and thermal (26), avionics and electrical (18). The largest locations are Long Beach, California, United States, Hawthorne, California, United States, Mojave, California, United States.
Are these Vast salaries stated by the company or estimated?
None of Vast's 182 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 29, 3:44 AM UTC. Listings mirror Vast'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 Vast.