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Space Jobs in the Bakersfield Area

33 open roles at 7 space companies name a site in the Bakersfield area, most of them in Mojave and Edwards AFB; typical pay runs $104k–$240k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring in the Bakersfield area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Impulse Space9$125k/yr
Vast8$115k/yr
Voyager Technologies8$200k/yr
Virgin Galactic5$149k/yr
Boeing1too few figures
NASA1too few figures
Northrop Grumman1too few figures

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What people ask about space work in the Bakersfield area

Which space companies are hiring in the Bakersfield area?

Today, Impulse Space (9 roles), Vast (8 roles), Voyager Technologies (8 roles), Virgin Galactic (5 roles), Boeing (1 role), NASA (1 role), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Bakersfield area.

Where in the Bakersfield area are the space jobs?

Most are in Mojave (30), Edwards AFB (3), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Bakersfield area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $125k/yr, with typical pay from $104k–$240k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 700 aerospace engineers working in the Bakersfield area, in any industry, earn a median $129k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Bakersfield area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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 Bakersfield area (the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Kern County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.