Vast Salaries: $115k–$165k Median Band Across 204 Open Roles

Vast salaries

Salary bands for the 204 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.

Open roles: 204; On site
Median band: $115k–$165k; across 181 roles with a band
Range stated in posting: 0%; 1 stated · 180 SpaceNexus estimates
Vs industry benchmark: -3%; midpoint $140k vs $144k

Vast's median band midpoint of $140k sits 3% 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
Manufacturing and technicians	53	$100k–$143k	SpaceNexus estimate
Mechanical, structures and thermal	25	$80k–$110k	Stated in posting (1 of 25)
Other roles	18	$120k–$175k	SpaceNexus estimate
Avionics and electrical	14	$133k–$188k	SpaceNexus estimate
Test and integration	12	$105k–$150k	SpaceNexus estimate
Finance, legal and people

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
Long Beach, California, United States	178	$115k–$165k	SpaceNexus estimate
Hawthorne, California, United States	10	$105k–$153k	SpaceNexus estimate
Mojave, California, United States	9	$105k–$155k	SpaceNexus estimate
Paris, France	2	$120k–$170k	SpaceNexus estimate
Washington, District of Columbia, United States	2

Frequently asked

How much does Vast pay engineers?

Engineering roles at Vast currently show a median band of $80k–$110k per year across 1 live listing (ranges stated in the postings). Across all 204 open roles the median band is $115k–$165k.

How many open roles does Vast have?

204 live roles as of Sep 13, 9:33 PM UTC, synced from Vast's own careers page, led by manufacturing and technicians (53), mechanical, structures and thermal (25), other roles (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?

1 of 204 postings (0%) state a salary range; those are shown verbatim and labelled "Stated in posting". The rest carry 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 Sep 13, 9:33 PM 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.