State of the industry
Current open roles. Ranks show how many places each row moved since the October 16, 2026 report.
16,086Open roles
261Employers hiring
1,826Remote roles
1,975Require a clearance
Top employers
By open roles.
- 1-
SpaceX 2,842 - 2-
Blue Origin 1,805 - 3-
GE Aerospace 598 - 4-
Rocket Lab 552 - 5-
The Aerospace Corporation 464 - 6-
Relativity Space 393 - 7-
CesiumAstro 339 - 8-
Roscosmos 299 - 92
AST SpaceMobile 258 - 101
K2 Space 256
Most openings
A posting can match more than one role.
- 1- Software Engineer 1,197
- 2- Systems Engineer 1,134
- 3- Technician 998
- 4- Manufacturing 691
- 5- Design 677
- 61 Intern 653
- 71 Mechanical Engineering 621
- 82 Test Engineer 621
- 9- Operations 560
- 10- Avionics 456
Highest paying jobs
Median top of the posted range, for roles with at least 8 salaries. Approximate USD.
- 1- Lawyer $255k
- 22 Business Development $220k
- 31 Mission $204k
- 41 Software Engineer $200k
- 52 Security $200k
- 61 Guidance $199k
- 71 Program Manager $198k
- 8- Design $194k
- 9- Systems Engineer $190k
- 10- Flight $189k
Jobs by state
11,562 open roles list a US state.
None 4,598
- 1- California 4,598
- 2- Texas 1,688
- 3- Colorado 1,544
- 4- Washington 824
- 5- Florida 763
- 6- Virginia 491
- 7- Alabama 280
- 8- Ohio 193
- 9- Maryland 180
- 104 New Mexico 139
Jobs by country
15,616 open roles list a country.
None 12,127
- 1- 🇺🇸United States 12,127
- 2- 🇩🇪Germany 537
- 3- 🇫🇷France 442
- 41 🇷🇺Russia 398
- 51 🇨🇳China 357
- 6- 🇯🇵Japan 279
- 7- 🇨🇦Canada 185
- 8- 🇬🇧United Kingdom 166
- 9- 🇪🇸Spain 156
- 10- 🇫🇮Finland 113