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?

68% 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 (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 300 reviews)); "Great benefits and the company outlook is positive." ((in 181 reviews)); "The culture is great and the passion that everyone has with what they do is extremely noticeable." ((in 100 reviews)); "Great environment and coworkers." ((in 88 reviews)); "Great team and love the mission." ((in 69 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 at all" ((in 281 reviews)); "Long hours are expected." ((in 165 reviews)); "Sometimes managers don't really understand exactly what it is we do, but that isn't unique." ((in 43 reviews)); "Salary is 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.

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3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,742 total reviews)

Elon Musk

74% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

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 2,742 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

5.0

Oct 17, 2016

Never Boring, Always a challenge

Mechanical design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

--- Great People; Coworkers are intelligent, thoughtful, generous with their knowledge, and generally a pleasure to be around. --- Great Projects; the volume and breadth of new and interesting Design, Engineering, and Production projects in work and on the calendar present a constant flow of interesting and challenging things to work on.

Cons

--- Somewhat unclear performance and time-commitment expectations; the expectations for performance, and total time committed, with respect to individual projects are mostly left to individuals to balance. For some people this works well and for some, not so well.

5.0

Oct 17, 2016

Unparalleled internship experience, compared to Boeing, GE, etc.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- High level of project ownership - High variety in project work - Challenging and interesting

Cons

- Potentially long hours - Project overload

5.0

Oct 17, 2016

Awesome Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Trusted with and expected to complete challenging and meaningful projects -Everyone is hard working, helpful, very smart, and prideful -Fast pace and scope of projects keep work interesting and dynamic -Working near/on rockets and launch pads is incredible -Excellent pay -Free food

Cons

-You will work more than an average internship. To me this is not a con, but to others it may be. I actually wish they didn't limit us to 50 hour weeks.

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