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 been stable over the past 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 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SpaceX?

Engineer (125) , 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 290 reviews)); "Great benefits and the company outlook is positive." ((in 174 reviews)); "The culture is great and the passion that everyone has with what they do is extremely noticeable." ((in 98 reviews)); "Great environment and coworkers." ((in 91 reviews)); "Great team and mentor support" ((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 396 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 269 reviews)); "Long hours are expected." ((in 172 reviews)); "Sometimes managers don't really understand exactly what it is we do, but that isn't unique." ((in 46 reviews)); "Salaries are low." ((in 37 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

(2,744 total reviews)

Elon Musk

76% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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SpaceX has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,744 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).

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3K reviews

3.0

Nov 30, 2016

Newtons Law. You get what you put into it.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Pride in doing something that will change space flight forever. Good pay in comparison to other compoanies. Great benifits, best ive expereinced since the military. Freedom to implement changes and process improvements.

Cons

Salary employees are often times expected to be here weekends/holidays without complaint of pay or compensation. Recently this has begun to change. Engineering tends to do their own thing. This in turn causes mistakes to happen over and over. There is still a lot of growth/maturity needed to make t hings better and easier on the workforce. Simple programs that nearly all aerospace/aviation companies have in place, Spacex is still figuring out.

1.0

Nov 29, 2016

Awful Place to Work

Propulsion engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very cool projects to work on. Building actual rockets that go into space. Tons of responsibility on Day 1 working at SpaceX.

Cons

80-120 hour work weeks are absolutely the norm. Days, months, or even years spent living in hotels or rentals. No concern for human life. Everyone I worked with was either divorced, dating someone at work, or in the process of getting divorced.

2.0

Nov 29, 2016

Great benefits but.....

Spacecraft technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits were great for many things.

Cons

New management teams are very narrow minded.

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