Prepare for your future by taking advantage of our generous, immediately vested 403b retirement plan that contributes a percentage of your salary based on your age and years of service.

Do JPL employees get a pension?

The benefits are good, you get 403B (but no pensions), dental, and vision. This is about the only decent part of working at JPL!

Does JPL pay well?

While ZipRecruiter is seeing salaries as high as $163,196 and as low as $28,018, the majority of salaries within the Nasa JPL jobs category currently range between $58,986 (25th percentile) to $110,599 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $147,465 annually in California.