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 (122) , Intern (99) , Software Engineer (90) , Propulsion Technician (61) , Technician (56) , Integration Technician (53) , Manufacturing Engineer (47) , 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 299 reviews)); "Great benefits and the company outlook is positive." ((in 173 reviews)); "The culture is great and the passion that everyone has with what they do is extremely noticeable." ((in 95 reviews)); "Great environment and coworkers." ((in 89 reviews)); "Great team and mentor support" ((in 70 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 395 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 270 reviews)); "long hours are expected by most" ((in 166 reviews)); "Sometimes managers don't really understand exactly what it is we do, but that isn't unique." ((in 44 reviews)); "Salary is low." ((in 34 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

67% would recommend to a friend

(2,727 total reviews)

Elon Musk

72% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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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 2,727 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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3.0

Dec 15, 2011

Incredibly long hours and lots of work, but great seeing your product in the long run.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Hardworking, helpful employees. Great having frozen yogurt and drinks available. Excellent place to intern. Good resources available to broaden your horizons and knowledge. Engineers are involved in all phases of the project; design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and installation. When traveling for work, you are really taken care of.

Cons

Management does not talk to employees. One hand doesn't know what the other is doing... not organized very well. Hard to balance social life and work. All mistakes are noticed or reported, but no praise for exceptional work. They claim to take the top 1%, but some management and early employees do not resemble their own criteria.

2.0

Oct 25, 2011

An amaizing, high pressure environment with excellent employees and poor senior management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

SpaceX does amaizing things and has amaizing goals. You will work with some of the most intelligent people on the planet, and on some of the most interesting hardware being built anywhere in the world. Stock Options.

Cons

Poor communication to top leadership, scape goat based firiings, poor salaries, extremely long hours, poor work life balance. Benifits are worse than those of competitors.

4.0

Sep 2, 2011

awesome

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunity to grow your expertise

Cons

Work is fairly demanding. Balancing life and work can be difficult

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Incredibly long hours and lots of work, but great seeing your product in the long run.

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