Key Takeaways
- The average salary for a NASA Aerospace Engineer is $135,000
- 65 percent of NASA employees are GS-13 to GS-15 grade level
- The average salary across the entire NASA agency is $121,500
- 33.7 percent of the NASA permanent workforce are women
- 11.8 percent of NASA employees identify as African American or Black
- 8.4 percent of the NASA workforce identifies as Hispanic or Latino
- 62 percent of NASA civil servants are classified as Aerospace Engineers
- 18,350 total civil service employees are currently employed by NASA
- 12,000 approximate number of Aerospace Technology (AST) positions exist at NASA
- 3,250 NASA civil servants are employed at Johnson Space Center in Houston
- 3,100 NASA civil servants are employed at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland
- 2,100 employees work at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- NASA has been ranked the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government for 12 consecutive years
- NASA's employee engagement score is 84.3 out of 100
- The voluntary turnover rate at NASA is 3.5 percent per year
NASA engineers earn about $135,000 on average, with most staff in GS grades 13 to 15.
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How We Rate Confidence
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