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Space Jobs in the San Francisco Area

405 open roles at 12 space companies name a site in the San Francisco area, most of them in San Francisco and Burlingame; typical pay runs $100k–$250k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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What the space companies do in the San Francisco area

Space companies hiring in the San Francisco area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Astranis182$100k/yr
Xona Space Systems44$161k/yr
Astra35$160k/yr
Array Labs33$200k/yr
Planet30$163k/yr
Cowboy Space28$168k/yr
Loft Orbital16$173k/yr
LeoLabs11$130k/yr
Hubble Network10$197k/yr
Benchmark Space Systems7$83.2k/yr
Iridium5$219k/yr
Capella Space4$181k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 10:02 UTC

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Which space companies are hiring in the San Francisco area?

Today, Astranis (182 roles), Xona Space Systems (44 roles), Astra (35 roles), Array Labs (33 roles), Planet (30 roles), Cowboy Space (28 roles), and 6 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Francisco area.

Where in the San Francisco area are the space jobs?

Most are in San Francisco (242), Burlingame (44), Redwood City (38), Alameda (35), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the San Francisco area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $153k/yr, with typical pay from $100k–$250k/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 510 aerospace engineers working in the San Francisco area, in any industry, earn a median $191k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the San Francisco area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,856 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 San Francisco area (the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo 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.