Space data & services · Space domain awareness, satellite operations and Space Force ground systems (part of a government contractor)
Parsons
About Parsons
Parsons, the Centreville, Virginia engineering and defense contractor, works in national security space: space situational awareness, spacecraft operations control, positioning, navigation and timing, launch operations and software for Space Force programs. Only its space roles are listed here: the board reads the postings its own search finds for space and judges each one before it is listed, so its other work stays off.
Typical pay, live
, the SpaceJobs.Now board shows 22 open Parsons roles; typical pay across them is $142k to $241k a year (median $142k).
Live Parsons roles
Updated 31 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTCInformation Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Colorado Springs· 1w agoDetails
$103,500–$181,100/yrSenior Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Colorado Springs· 1mo agoDetails
$125,100–$225,200/yrDevSecOps Engineer/Administrator (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Boulder· 1d agoDetails
$103,500–$181,100/yrAerospace Spacecraft Operations Controller (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · NM, Las Cruces, United States of America· 3d agoDetails
$88,400–$154,700/yrCloud Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Colorado Springs· 1w agoDetails
$103,500–$181,100/yrMission Integration Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · CA, Torrance· 4d agoDetails
$112,200–$196,400/yrJr System Administrator (opens the job details)
Software & IT · VA, Reston, United States of America· 2w agoDetails
$74,800–$130,900/yrSpace Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Denver· 1mo agoDetails
$103,500–$181,100/yrLaunch Operations Engineer (opens the job details)
Launch & Ops · CA, Torrance· 2mo agoDetails
$88,400–$154,700/yrEnterprise Software Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Colorado Springs· 4mo agoDetails
$103,500–$181,100/yrPortfolio Director, Air and Space Force Programs (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 2w agoDetails
$157,500–$283,500/yrSoftware Engineer (opens the job details)
Software & IT · CO, Denver· 3mo agoDetails
$74,800–$130,900/yr
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About Parsons
Parsons's space work: space situational awareness, spacecraft operations, navigation and timing, and launch operations for the Space Force and other national security space programs. It pays $142k–$241k/yr typically (median $142k/yr).
Hiring now, with pay we measure from its own live feed22 open roles on Parsons, independently checked 31 Oct 2026.
Paid as an employee on Parsons's own payroll (salaried or hourly, as each posting states).
Across the US (each posting names its site)
What Parsons pays
From current postings · as of 31 Oct 2026Median $142k/yr, taken across 22 postings with a stated rate. Posted rates go as low as $74.8k/yr and as high as $332k/yr.
Measured from 22 distinct posted rates, at this employer, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours).
Best-paid Parsons openings today
All 22 by payPrograms & Business · CO, Colorado Springs· 2d agoDetails
$176,900–$332,400/yrPortfolio Director, Air and Space Force Programs (opens the job details)
Programs & Business · Remote· 2w agoDetails
$157,500–$283,500/yrSpace Situational Awareness SME (opens the job details)
Science & Data · CO, Colorado Springs· 1mo agoDetails
$134,100–$241,400/yrC3BM Principal Systems Engineer – Advanced Technologies (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · AL, Huntsville· 5d agoDetails
$134,100–$241,400/yrPNT/Space Integration Engineer (opens the job details)
Systems & Test · AL, Huntsville· 3d agoDetails
$134,100–$241,400/yr
“Typical” here means the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top; every role list on this site uses that one definition. Our methods page explains where each pay number comes from and how sure we are of it.
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What our research measures about Parsons
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- Who is hiring22 open roles, 0.1% of all the space roles we read, across 7 kinds of work; 12 of them posted in the last 30 days.
- Who can apply9.1% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 100.0% name a security clearance.
- Degrees and experience18.2% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 18.2% name a master's or PhD.
- Pay transparency100.0% of the postings state their pay, at a median $142,000 a year.
- Internships and entry level1 open roles are for someone starting out (4.5% of its open roles).
- Shifts, weekends and travel4.5% of the postings ask for weekend work, 4.5% for overtime or extended hours, and 4.5% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Parsons do?
Parsons's space work: space situational awareness, spacecraft operations, navigation and timing, and launch operations for the Space Force and other national security space programs.
How much does Parsons pay?
Openings at Parsons pay $142k–$241k/yr in the usual case, and the midpoint sits at $142k/yr. We take both from the 22 current postings with a stated rate. The lowest posted rate is $74.8k/yr; the highest is $332k/yr.
What is it like to work at Parsons?
Parsons pays $142k–$241k/yr typically (median $142k/yr).
Which locations does Parsons hire in?
Across the US (each posting names its site)
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