Does SpaceX pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SpaceX employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SpaceX. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SpaceX?

67% of SpaceX employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SpaceX 2.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 4.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SpaceX?

Engineer (123) , Intern (99) , Software Engineer (89) , Propulsion Technician (61) , Technician (56) , Integration Technician (53) , Manufacturing Engineer (48) , Vehicle Engineering (47) , Quality Inspector (43) , Engineering Intern (38) , Launch Engineer (33) , Intern - Hourly (32) , Avionics Intern (31) , Structures Engineer (31) , Avionics Engineer (30)

What are the pros of working at SpaceX according to real employee reviews?

"The planning team is full of great people who are welcoming and plan so many fun activities outside of work." ((in 298 reviews)); "Great benefits and the company outlook is positive." ((in 170 reviews)); "The culture is great and the passion that everyone has with what they do is extremely noticeable." ((in 100 reviews)); "Good coworkers (professionally and socially)" ((in 90 reviews)); "great work environment and people" ((in 71 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SpaceX according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours but there is definitely an active change to reduce long hours and cover shifts better." ((in 402 reviews)); "No work/life balance and crazy (mandatory) overtime" ((in 270 reviews)); "long hours are expected by most" ((in 166 reviews)); "Low pay and hard to park" ((in 117 reviews)); "Sometimes managers don't really understand exactly what it is we do, but that isn't unique." ((in 42 reviews))

What are employees saying about SpaceX layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SpaceX layoffs and their outlook for job security at SpaceX in 2026.

SpaceX reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,738 total reviews)

Elon Musk

73% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Career opportunities

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Senior management

2.5

Work/Life balance

SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,738 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SpaceX employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aeroespacial y defensa industry (3.6 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

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Disability

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

2.0

May 25, 2017

Truth

Quality assurance lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The mission, the media hype, and breakfast

Cons

Upward mobility is manganged through a bubby system. Black employees are highly overlooked for leadership positions

SpaceX Response

9y

We’re sorry to hear that you feel this way and take your feedback to heart. We work hard to create a welcoming work environment for employees of all backgrounds, but there’s always room for improvement. As a current employee, we hope you will reach out to your HR rep and give us a chance to better explain the promotion process and show you our internal job board. If you’re not comfortable doing so, we also have an anonymous HR suggestion box that we encourage you to use if you prefer. We’d also like to encourage you to get involved in our multi-cultural employee interest group, which you can find information about on our intranet. We look forward to hearing from you!

3.0

Jan 27, 2017

Drink the Musk cool aid and you will have a good time

Avionics engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High energy, create groundbreaking tech! Work with smart people. Pushing the state of the art company culture. Chance to change an industry. Amazing olace

Cons

Level of management effectiveness varies greatyly depending on where you are in the organization. They key positions in the company are populated so with a few exceptions there wont be much room for new hire advancement.

3.0

Nov 5, 2016

Great experience but would never do it again and never recommend it to anyone else.

Instrumentation technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exciting hands on rocket experience , good benefits, opportunities for travel and they keep their employees well fed at their facilities. Paid gym membership that you never have time to use.

Cons

No work life balance, no hobbies, no friends outside work. 60-70 hour work weeks for months or years at a time is considered normal. 50 hours a week when times are slow and their rarely slow. No 401K

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Drink the Musk cool aid and you will have a good time

Great experience but would never do it again and never recommend it to anyone else.

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