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 294 reviews)); "Great benefits and the company outlook is positive." ((in 182 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 93 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 397 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 275 reviews)); "Long hours are expected." ((in 168 reviews)); "Sometimes managers don't really understand exactly what it is we do, but that isn't unique." ((in 42 reviews)); "Salaries are low." ((in 40 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

68% would recommend to a friend

(2,742 total reviews)

Elon Musk

74% 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 2,742 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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

5.0

Dec 7, 2016

Great Place to Work

Process planner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free Coffee and Yogurt all day and night.

Cons

Long working hours including weekends when required.

3.0

Nov 30, 2016

Newtons Law. You get what you put into it.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

4.0

Nov 29, 2016

Has been a great place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Important vision and very smart engineers

Cons

Work life balance is difficult

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