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Space Jobs in the Denver Area

1,763 open roles at 35 space companies name a site in the Denver area, most of them in Littleton and Denver; typical pay runs $116k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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What the space companies do in the Denver area

Space companies hiring in the Denver area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin753$143k/yr
True Anomaly162$173k/yr
CesiumAstro119$147k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems116$159k/yr
Blue Origin116$173k/yr
Sierra Space75$141k/yr
United Launch Alliance73$124k/yr
Northrop Grumman35$130k/yr
Lunar Outpost33$49.9k/yr
Loft Orbital32$158k/yr
Vantor32$149k/yr
Rocket Lab29$136k/yr
Katalyst Space Technologies27$140k/yr
Rendezvous Robotics22$133k/yr
Redwire19$148k/yr
Quindar16$156k/yr
ispace15$127k/yr
Loft Federal13$156k/yr
SEAKR Engineering13$155k/yr
Voyager Technologies11$153k/yr
RTX10$156k/yr
Viasat7$155k/yr
Albedo5$173k/yr
Muon Space5$203k/yr
Planet4$178k/yr

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Which space companies are hiring in the Denver area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (753 roles), True Anomaly (162 roles), CesiumAstro (119 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (116 roles), Blue Origin (116 roles), Sierra Space (75 roles), and 29 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in the Denver area.

Where in the Denver area are the space jobs?

Most are in Littleton (631), Denver (326), Westminster (222), Centennial (146), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Denver area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $149k/yr, with typical pay from $116k–$270k/yr; 94.8% 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 2,010 aerospace engineers working in the Denver area, in any industry, earn a median $156k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Denver area require US citizenship?

Of the 2,533 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 57.2% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 64.9% 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 Denver area (the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park 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.