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Space Jobs in the Boulder Area

277 open roles at 16 space companies name a site in the Boulder area, most of them in Boulder and Louisville; typical pay runs $110k–$254k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring in the Boulder area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Sierra Space83$138k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems73$159k/yr
Lockheed Martin24$163k/yr
Blue Origin21$133k/yr
Blue Canyon Technologies15$63.4k/yr
Capella Space11$147k/yr
Ursa Major11$133k/yr
Impulse Space9$175k/yr
Northrop Grumman9$115k/yr
Vantor7$114k/yr
Spire Global6$151k/yr
Orbit Fab4$149k/yr
Boeing1too few figures
Iridium1too few figures
KBR1not stated
Redwire1too few figures

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 20:04 UTC

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What people ask about space work in the Boulder area

Which space companies are hiring in the Boulder area?

Today, Sierra Space (83 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (73 roles), Lockheed Martin (24 roles), Blue Origin (21 roles), Blue Canyon Technologies (15 roles), Capella Space (11 roles), and 10 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Boulder area.

Where in the Boulder area are the space jobs?

Most are in Boulder (118), Louisville (104), Longmont (49), Lafayette (11), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Boulder area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $145k/yr, with typical pay from $110k–$254k/yr; 63.1% of Colorado's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Colorado's law has required every employer with at least one employee in Colorado to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2021 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 800 aerospace engineers working in the Boulder area, in any industry, earn a median $167k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Boulder area require US citizenship?

Of the 533 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 74.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 59.7% 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 Boulder area, the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it (Boulder 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.