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Space Jobs in the Albuquerque Area

79 open roles at 10 space companies name a site in the Albuquerque area, most of them in Albuquerque and Kirtland AFB; typical pay runs $102k–$239k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring in the Albuquerque area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
AeroVironment (AV)29$115k/yr
Rocket Lab22$39.5k/yr
Boeing11$108k/yr
Redwire6too few figures
The Aerospace Corporation4not stated
KBR2not stated
Lockheed Martin2too few figures
CACI1too few figures
MITRE1too few figures
US Space Force1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 04:02 UTC

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What people ask about space work in the Albuquerque area

Which space companies are hiring in the Albuquerque area?

Today, AeroVironment (AV) (29 roles), Rocket Lab (22 roles), Boeing (11 roles), Redwire (6 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (4 roles), KBR (2 roles), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Albuquerque area.

Where in the Albuquerque area are the space jobs?

Most are in Albuquerque (69), Kirtland AFB (10), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Albuquerque area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $115k/yr, with typical pay from $102k–$239k/yr; 72.6% of New Mexico's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. New Mexico has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 290 aerospace engineers working in the Albuquerque area, in any industry, earn a median $133k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Albuquerque area require US citizenship?

Of the 116 space postings in New Mexico whose text we read, 91.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 44.8% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Albuquerque area (the Albuquerque, NM metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.