SPC salary: $162K median
The median advertised SPC salary is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $129K to $185K: counted from 389 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $78 an hour or $13,542 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $213K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll SPC jobs
$162Kmedian advertised salary
$129K – $185Kmiddle half of roles
$161Kaverage advertised salary
389roles counted
SPC salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $187K, 10% more than senior roles ($170K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $170K | $152K–$185K | 147 |
| Lead and above | $187K | $168K–$222K | 66 |
| No level in the title | $130K | $115K–$170K | 172 |
SPC salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $195K | 49 |
| 🇺🇸California | $172K | 243 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $161K | 373 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $140K | 62 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $118K | 29 |
Skills that pay more for SPC roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python | $172K | +$9K | 63 |
| MATLAB | $172K | +$9K | 47 |
| Computer Vision | $172K | +$9K | 116 |
| Composites | $172K | +$9K | 38 |
| Test equipment | $171K | +$9K | 44 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Waymo | $234K | 8 |
| Zoox | $221K | 6 |
| True Anomaly | $198K | 3 |
| Skydio | $194K | 5 |
| Oura | $188K | 6 |
| Agility Robotics | $186K | 5 |
| Vast | $176K | 3 |
| Whoop | $172K | 5 |
| Anduril Industries | $170K | 113 |
| Varda Space Industries | $166K | 4 |
| 1X | $164K | 5 |
| K2 Space | $152K | 8 |
| Rocket Lab | $152K | 5 |
| Shield AI | $151K | 9 |
| Lucid Motors | $150K | 14 |
| Harbinger Motors Inc. | $150K | 13 |
| Crusoe | $145K | 8 |
| Archer | $142K | 5 |
| Hermeus | $135K | 3 |
| PsiQuantum | $124K | 4 |
| ALTEN Technology USA | $120K | 5 |
| SpaceX | $118K | 65 |
| Valar Atomics | $114K | 6 |
| Gotion | $108K | 16 |
Highest-paying open SPC roles
All SPC jobs- Manufacturing Quality Engineer, Data Center Power & CoolingAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KSQLPower BISix Sigma certification
- Component and Product Quality Engineer, InterconnectsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$207K - $365KHybridData centersPerformance managementHardware testing
- Senior Staff Data Scientist, RoboticsAgility Robotics · Remote$218K - $340KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLData quality
- Director, Data Center Equipment QualityLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$227K - $336KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningSix Sigma certificationTest planning
- Director, NPI Operations EngineeringSkydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$230K - $302KHybridLead and aboveMechatronicsHardware testingProcurement
- Vice President, Hardware QualityWhoop · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$200K - $300KLead and abovePCB designProcurementLean manufacturing
- Assistant General Counsel, CommercialFastly · 🇺🇸New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA$247K - $296KAgileCDNContract negotiation
- Product Operations EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $285KPythonHardware testingASIC
- Industrialization EngineerWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; Novi, MI, USA$230K - $284KPMPSix Sigma certificationRF engineering
- Staff Systems Test Engineer, Scenario Quality and Maintenance SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA$230K - $284KLead and abovePythonC++SQL
- Senior Product Partnerships ManagerRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$180K - $275KHybridSeniorData governanceERPTax compliance
- Data Scientist (II-Senior), Manufacturing AnalyticsTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$125K - $270KSeniorPythonSQLPandas
- Data Scientist (II-Senior), Operations & ReliabilityTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$125K - $270KSeniorPythonSQLPandas
- Staff Chassis Engineer, Steering and Braking ActuationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$195K - $269KLead and aboveJiraAgileComputer Vision
- Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager, Change GovernanceZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$193K - $267KLead and abovePythonExcelJira
- Staff Supplier Development Engineer - Structures & Welding (R5984)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$178K - $267KLead and aboveAWSSecurity clearanceSix Sigma certification
- Senior Staff Engineer, Supply Chain - Mechanical Commodities (R6524)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$178K - $267KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceSix Sigma certificationAPICS
- Director, QualityOura · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, California$226K - $266KHybridLead and aboveData qualityFirmwareHardware testing
- PCB Quality EngineerDensityAI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$215K - $265KPRDsPCB designASIC
- Principal Materials and Process EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$182K - $263KLead and aboveAWSPRDsTechnical writing
Questions about SPC pay
- What is the average SPC salary?
- $161K a year on average and $162K at the median, across 389 open SPC postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $129K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SPC pay?
- Waymo ($234K), Zoox ($221K), True Anomaly ($198K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a spc a high-paying job?
- The median SPC posting advertises $162K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 7% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a spc?
- A tenth of the postings offer $213K a year or more; the highest open SPC role advertises up to $405K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the SPC salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $162K a year is about $78 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,542 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $62 to $89 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for SPC roles?
- Postings that ask for Python (+$9K, 63 postings), MATLAB (+$9K, 47 postings), Computer Vision (+$9K, 116 postings) advertise more than the $162K median of all SPC postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for SPC roles at companies is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $129K to $185K. Counted from 389 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/spc/
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