Key findings

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48.5% of the 8,150 space postings read on 29 Oct 2026 stated their pay.
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11 employers stated pay on every posting read, among them Relativity Space, Astranis, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and HawkEye 360. The fewest postings with pay came from RTX (0%), Kepler Communications (0%) and Dawn Aerospace (0%).
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Where the work is decides it: postings in New York (100%), Hawaii (100%) and Nevada (96.3%) stated pay most often, those in North Carolina (0%), Michigan (0%) and Connecticut (0%) least often.
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A stated range's top sat a median 1.38x its bottom; the widest ranges were in Avionics & Electrical (1.45x, a median $61,185 apart).
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Figure 1

How often each space employer states pay in its postings

Which space companies tell you the salary before you apply?

Employer	Postings stating pay	Open roles read	Median posted pay a year
Relativity Space	100.0%	384	$116,000
Astranis	100.0%	184	$100,000
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	100.0%	120	$124,000
HawkEye 360	100.0%	20	$130,000
Quindar	100.0%	17	$160,000
Hubble Network	100.0%	16	$197,000
Loft Federal	100.0%	14	$128,000
Turion Space	100.0%	13	$175,000
Momentus	100.0%	9	$180,000
Albedo	100.0%	5	$173,000
Epsilon3	100.0%	3	$160,000
Muon Space	99.3%	138	$201,000
Vast	97.7%	174	$112,000
Ursa Major	97.4%	117	$118,000
Apex	96.8%	126	$155,000
Terran Orbital	96.6%	29	$111,000
Stoke Space	93.2%	74	$152,000
Outpost	92.9%	14	$198,000
Northwood Space	91.7%	60	$144,000
Starfish Space	91.7%	12	$140,000
Voyager Technologies	87.2%	164	$130,000
Inversion Space	84.3%	83	$165,000
Xona Space Systems	82.4%	51	$161,000
K2 Space	82.2%	213	$158,000
Varda Space Industries	76.5%	119	$160,000
BlackSky	75.7%	37	$150,000
Slingshot Aerospace	72.7%	11	$154,000
Vantor	72.5%	131	$135,000
Rocket Lab	71.3%	487	$100,000
Planet	63.0%	100	$136,000
Loft Orbital	59.0%	61	$165,000
SpaceX	56.3%	2,258	$138,000
Spire Global	43.8%	32	$130,000
True Anomaly	24.0%	200	$140,000
AST SpaceMobile	5.5%	253	$59,800
Firefly Aerospace	0.8%	121	n/a
Blue Origin	0.0%	1,444	n/a
ICEYE	0.0%	174	n/a
Boeing	0.0%	139	n/a
Isar Aerospace	0.0%	131	n/a
Axiom Space	0.0%	120	n/a
The Exploration Company	0.0%	113	n/a
Northrop Grumman	0.0%	83	n/a
Astroscale	0.0%	43	n/a
Dawn Aerospace	0.0%	24	n/a
Kepler Communications	0.0%	22	n/a
RTX	0.0%	7	n/a

Sample. 8,150 roles open on 29 Oct 2026 on boards whose posting text this site reads.

A posting states pay when its text gives a figure per hour, week, month or year; a figure given only as a ceiling ("up to") counts as stated.

No row with any roles is a small sample: the rows differ so much that each reads on its own from its first.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Which Space Companies Post Salaries: Pay Transparency in Space Job Postings, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 2

How often space postings state pay, by US state

In which states do space job postings show the salary?

State	Postings stating pay	Open roles read	Median posted pay a year
New York	100.0%	16	$89,000
Hawaii	100.0%	1	n/a
Nevada	96.3%	27	$147,000
Washington	92.7%	533	$140,000
Virginia	90.4%	136	$127,000
California	87.0%	2,624	$135,000
District of Columbia	85.9%	71	$160,000
Ohio	66.7%	3	n/a
Colorado	66.0%	517	$129,000
Mississippi	62.2%	37	$90,000
Maryland	58.4%	89	$62,400
Louisiana	42.9%	7	$75,900
New Mexico	19.0%	21	$39,500
Pennsylvania	14.3%	21	$115,000
Florida	12.0%	443	$104,000
Arizona	6.3%	32	n/a
Alabama	6.0%	116	$148,000
Texas	1.4%	1,139	$59,800
Tennessee	0.0%	36	n/a
Missouri	0.0%	12	n/a
Connecticut	0.0%	5	n/a
Michigan	0.0%	1	n/a
North Carolina	0.0%	1	n/a

Sample. 7,394 of those roles are in the United States; a role is placed in each state its location names, and roles naming none are left out of this table.

Several US states require employers to include a pay range in a job posting; the guide to space salaries explains which. This table measures what the postings actually do.

No row with any roles is a small sample: the rows differ so much that each reads on its own from its first.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Which Space Companies Post Salaries: Pay Transparency in Space Job Postings, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 3

How often space postings state pay, by kind of work

Are engineering or technician postings more likely to show the pay?

Kind of work	Postings stating pay	Open roles read	Median posted pay a year
Science, Imaging & Earth Data	64.7%	119	$153,000
Ground Software & IT	60.2%	895	$160,000
RF, Communications & Payloads	58.6%	256	$162,000
Propulsion & Engines	57.0%	230	$132,000
Programs & Business	53.2%	1,155	$140,000
Avionics & Electrical	47.5%	571	$150,000
Systems, Integration & Test	46.7%	779	$133,000
Supply Chain & Facilities	46.6%	781	$110,000
Launch & Mission Operations	46.6%	221	$130,000
Flight Software & GNC	46.0%	378	$160,000
Quality & Mission Assurance	45.9%	471	$113,000
Mechanical, Structures & Thermal	42.1%	793	$132,000
Manufacturing & Technicians	41.3%	1,439	$85,000

Sample. 8,150 roles open on 29 Oct 2026 on boards whose posting text this site reads.

Rows with fewer than 60.3 roles are marked as a small sample and not ranked: below that the average of the rows weighs more than a row's own roles (the weight fitted on the rows' own counts).

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Which Space Companies Post Salaries: Pay Transparency in Space Job Postings, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 4

How wide space postings' pay ranges are

When a space posting gives a salary range, how far apart are the bottom and the top?

Kind of work	Top of range over bottom	Median width a year	Ranges read
Avionics & Electrical	1.45x	$61,185	184
RF, Communications & Payloads	1.44x	$65,000	109
Manufacturing & Technicians	1.40x	$31,200	355
Ground Software & IT	1.39x	$60,000	425
Quality & Mission Assurance	1.39x	$36,200	140
Supply Chain & Facilities	1.39x	$40,000	249
Mechanical, Structures & Thermal	1.38x	$44,000	191
Systems, Integration & Test	1.38x	$48,510	215
Flight Software & GNC	1.37x	$54,000	121
Launch & Mission Operations	1.37x	$40,000	61
Programs & Business	1.34x	$45,000	407
Science, Imaging & Earth Data	1.33x	$40,000	55
Propulsion & Engines	1.28x	$38,981	62

Sample. 2,581 postings open on 29 Oct 2026 that state a range (a top above the bottom), as a year's pay.

A ratio of 1.40x means the top of the typical range is 40% above its bottom. Medians need 3 ranges.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Which Space Companies Post Salaries: Pay Transparency in Space Job Postings, read 29 Oct 2026.

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States pay: The posting's text gives a figure per hour, week, month or year; a ceiling alone ("up to") counts as stated.
Top of range over bottom: For a posting stating a range, its top divided by its bottom: 1.40x means the top is 40% above the bottom.
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@misc{aitrainingjobs_space_companies_that_post_salaries_live,
  author = {{SpaceJobs.Now}},
  title = {Which Space Companies Post Salaries: Pay Transparency in Space Job Postings (live data, 2 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://spacejobs.now/research/space-companies-that-post-salaries}},
  note = {Accessed 30 Oct 2026},
}

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