$Who Earns What
US NASA astronaut (civil servant, GS-13)

How much does N/A (role-based pay scale, e.g. any GS-13 NASA astronaut) make?

Answer: NASA astronauts are paid on the federal pay scale; at GS-13 Step 1, that's about $122,749 a year with Houston pay added.

Yearly salary (2026)
$122,749

Official statistics Set by the federal pay scale for civil servants, including extra pay for living in Houston.

N/A (role-based pay scale, e.g. any GS-13 NASA astronaut)$122,749
Typical person in the US$50,980

About 2.4× the Typical person in the US.

Related people

👤N/A (role-based pay scale, e.g. any GS-15 NASA astronaut/senior astronaut)👤Jay Bhattacharya👤N/A / AAUP survey average (not a named individual)👤N/A (prize amount, not tied to one laureate)

Sources and data

Sources: opm.gov. “Estimated” figures come from news or magazines, not from the person. Assets are self-reported at disclosure time, with land counted at its tax value.