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Space Jobs in the Washington, DC Area

822 open roles at 58 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Washington, DC; typical pay runs $122k–$266k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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What the space companies do in the Washington, DC area

Space companies hiring in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
The Aerospace Corporation99not stated
Northrop Grumman94$143k/yr
KBR62$158k/yr
Vantor47$135k/yr
Lockheed Martin38$155k/yr
AST SpaceMobile37not stated
Iridium35$124k/yr
Johns Hopkins APL33$173k/yr
SpaceX32$156k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton29$142k/yr
Rocket Lab26$110k/yr
Amazon Leo24$166k/yr
Elveo Mobile22not stated
Planet22$147k/yr
Viasat21$181k/yr
Quantum Space19$150k/yr
HawkEye 36018$144k/yr
SES15$137k/yr
BlackSky13$145k/yr
Muon Space12$211k/yr
Redwire11$121k/yr
L3Harris10$132k/yr
Anduril9$194k/yr
CACI8$188k/yr
Spire Global8$112k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

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Which space companies are hiring in the Washington, DC area?

Today, The Aerospace Corporation (99 roles), Northrop Grumman (94 roles), KBR (62 roles), Vantor (47 roles), Lockheed Martin (38 roles), AST SpaceMobile (37 roles), and 52 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the space jobs?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (205), Washington, DC (91), Herndon, VA (90), Dulles, VA (79), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $151k/yr, with typical pay from $122k–$266k/yr. For reference, the 2,420 aerospace engineers working in the Washington, DC area, in any industry, earn a median $166k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Do space jobs in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren 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.