Feed updated 29 Oct 2026, 15:01 UTC
8,042 space industry jobs, updated every hour.
Every company building rockets, satellites and spacecraft, with real pay measured from its live job board.
- $132k–$227k/yr typical pay
- Up to $293k/yr
- 16% remote
Typical pay, these roles
$132k–$227k/yr
Median $163k/yr, from 68 advertised rates among these 68 matches. Every role: $100k–$230k/yr.
Compare pay by employer68 open roles across all countries

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1d agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Machine Learning Engineer (TS/SCI) (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · Herndon, VA, United States of America· 1d agoDetails
$116,000–$154,000/yrAbove-typical pay
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Data Scientist II (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$127,504–$138,008/yrAbove-typical pay
Senior Director, EO/IR Instrument Engineering (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Mountain View, CA, United States· 1w agoDetails
$256,000–$293,000/yrTop-tier pay
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Postdoc: JWST High-Contrast Imaging Data Analysis (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1w agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Junior Geospatial Analyst (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · McLean, VA, United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$81,000–$108,000/yr
JPL Postdoc: Remote Sensing of WildFires (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · Remote· 2w agoDetails
$83,820/yr
Geospatial Mission Support Manager (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · Washington, D.C., United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$102,000–$136,000/yr
Optical Engineer II (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$125,736–$151,944/yrAbove-typical pay
Optical Engineer I (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$108,784–$123,552/yr
Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer (TS/SCI) (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · Springfield, VA, United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$140,000–$187,000/yrTop-tier pay
Senior Machine Learning Engineer II (EO/IR Image Analysis) (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Science & Data · Long Beach, CA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$153,000/yrAbove-typical pay
Principal Machine Learning Engineer (EO/IR Image Analysis) (opens the job details)
Rocket Lab · Science & Data · Long Beach, CA, United States· 2w agoDetails
$153,000/yrAbove-typical pay
Machine Learning Engineer (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · Remote· 3w agoDetails
$128,000–$170,000/yrAbove-typical pay
Electro-Optical Engineer (opens the job details)
Apex · Science & Data · Los Angeles· 3w agoDetails
$90,000–$120,000/yr
Computer Vision Engineer III (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 3w agoDetails
$152,360–$189,280/yrTop-tier pay
Radiation Effects Engineer - Modeling (opens the job details)
Astranis · Science & Data · San Francisco· 3w agoDetails
$120,000/yr
Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist, Cal/Val (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Remote· 3w agoDetails
$192,000–$213,000/yrTop-tier pay
Remote Sensing Data Scientist (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Remote· 3w agoDetails
$171,000–$191,000/yrTop-tier pay
Scientist III (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 4w agoDetails
$144,664–$180,752/yrAbove-typical pay
Principal Applied AI Scientist (opens the job details)
Vantor · Science & Data · Remote· 4w agoDetails
$150,000–$200,000/yrTop-tier pay
Intelligence Analyst (opens the job details)
SpaceX · Science & Data · Washington, DC, United States· 4w agoDetails
$85,000–$135,000/yr
Optical Engineer IV TS/SCI (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 4w agoDetails
$185,952–$226,720/yrTop-tier pay
Senior Instrument Scientist, Simulation (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$158,000–$207,000/yrTop-tier pay
Senior Instrument Scientist, Calibration Design (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Remote· 1mo agoDetails
$158,000–$207,000/yrTop-tier pay
Senior Instrument Scientist, Calibration Testing (opens the job details)
Muon Space · Science & Data · Mountain View, CA, United States· 1mo agoDetails
$197,000–$218,000/yrTop-tier pay
Data Scientist II TS/SCI (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1mo agoDetails
$122,720–$135,512/yr
Optical Engineer (opens the job details)
K2 Space · Science & Data · Los Angeles, CA· 1mo agoDetails
$110,000–$200,000/yrAbove-typical pay
Data Scientist IV (opens the job details)
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science & Data · JPL Campus, United States of America· 1mo agoDetails
$165,360–$227,864/yrTop-tier pay
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Common questions about space industry jobs
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SpaceJobs.Now is built for that. As of 29 Oct 2026, SpaceJobs.Now lists 8,042 open space industry roles from the job boards of 47 employers in one place, read every hour, and compares the pay of all 47 employers it tracks. Each role is counted once, however many cities or countries its employer posts it for, so the count is of space industry roles a person can apply to. Every role links to the employer's own application, and employers whose job board we do not read are listed too, so you can compare them before you apply.
What is a space industry job?
A space industry job is a role at a company that designs, builds, launches or operates rockets, satellites and spacecraft, or supplies the parts, software and ground systems behind them. Of the 8,042 space industry jobs open today, the largest categories are Technicians (1,434), Programs & Business (1,111), and Software & IT (869). Each role states what it asks for, from a degree and years of experience to the country you can work from.
How much do space industry jobs pay?
Typical space industry work pays $100k–$230k/yr, a live median of $132k/yr measured from 3,948 distinct rates advertised across 36 employers, drawn from today's 8,042 open roles. The best-paid roles reach $600k/yr on today's board. A further 4,087 open roles publish no pay at all, so they are not in these figures.
How do you get a job in the space industry?
To get a job in the space industry, you find the employers hiring for what you do, apply through each employer's own application page and go through its interviews. SpaceJobs.Now pulls the live openings of the 47 employers hiring now and compiles pay across all 47 it tracks, so you can compare what each pays and open any role's application in one click.
Do you need experience or a degree to start?
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Do you have to live in the US to work in the space industry?
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