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Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City

On 29 Oct 2026, 90.7% of 8,150 open space industry roles were in the United States, led by California with 2,624; 5.5% were remote.

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Every open role on the space employers' public job boards this site reads, placed by the country its posting is open in and by the state and city its location text names.
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of open space roles are in the United States
91%
the state with the most open roles (2,624)
California
of open roles are remote
5%
countries with open roles
27

Key findings

  1. 1

    90.7% of the 8,150 space roles open on 29 Oct 2026 were in the United States; the next countries were Germany (204), New Zealand (90) and Finland (80).

    Figure 1
  2. 2

    Three states held 58.1% of the US roles: California (2,624), Texas (1,139) and Washington (533).

    Figure 2
  3. 3

    Among the states where most postings state their pay, the highest median was in District of Columbia ($160,000 a year) and the lowest in Maryland ($62,400). In Texas (1.4% stating pay), Florida (12% stating pay) and Alabama (6% stating pay) too few postings state pay to compare.

    Figure 2
  4. 4

    The cities named by the most open roles were Long Beach, CA (867), Hawthorne, CA (673) and Bastrop, TX (448).

    Figure 3
  5. 5

    Only 5.5% of open space roles were remote; the most remote line of work was Science, Imaging & Earth Data (16%).

    Figure 4

Figure 1

Open space roles by country

Which countries have the most open space industry jobs?

CountryOpen rolesShare of all open rolesEmployers hiring
United States7,394
90.7%
44
Germany204
2.5%
6
New Zealand90
1.1%
2
Finland80
1.0%
1
Several countries or not stated61
0.7%
15
France51
0.6%
6
Japan46
0.6%
4
Spain44
0.5%
2
Canada40
0.5%
5
Poland28
0.3%
2
United Kingdom24
0.3%
7
Sweden16
0.2%
4
India13
0.2%
2
United Arab Emirates12
0.1%
4
Greece10
0.1%
1
Netherlands8
0.1%
1
Norway6
0.1%
1
Latvia5
0.1%
1
Portugal5
0.1%
1
Singapore3
0.0%
3
Luxembourg2
0.0%
1
Italy2
0.0%
1
Argentina1
0.0%
1
Slovenia1
0.0%
1
Brazil1
0.0%
1
South Korea1
0.0%
1
Ukraine1
0.0%
1
Australia1
0.0%
1

Sample. 8,150 roles open on 29 Oct 2026 at the space employers this site reads.

A role's country is the one country its posting is open in. Coverage follows the employers this site reads, most of them American, so the table describes their hiring rather than every space employer in each country.

Pay is the board's median of distinct posted figures, as a year's pay; postings outside the US rarely state pay, so most non-US rows have none.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 2

Open space roles in the United States, by state

Which US states have the most space industry jobs, and what do they pay?

StateOpen rolesShare of US rolesEmployers hiringMedian posted pay a year
California2,624
35.5%
25$135,000
No state named1,701
23.0%
29$130,000
Texas1,139
15.4%
7$59,800
Washington533
7.2%
8$140,000
Colorado517
7.0%
16$129,000
Florida443
6.0%
7$104,000
Virginia136
1.8%
6$127,000
Alabama116
1.6%
5$148,000
Maryland89
1.2%
3$62,400
District of Columbia71
1.0%
18$160,000
Mississippi37
0.5%
2$90,000
Tennessee36
0.5%
1n/a
Arizona32
0.4%
1n/a
Nevada27
0.4%
1$147,000
New Mexico21
0.3%
1$39,500
Pennsylvania21
0.3%
1$115,000
New York16
0.2%
1$89,000
Missouri12
0.2%
2n/a
Louisiana7
0.1%
2$75,900
Connecticut5
0.1%
1n/a
Ohio3
0.0%
2n/a
Hawaii1
0.0%
1n/a
Michigan1
0.0%
1n/a
North Carolina1
0.0%
1n/a

Sample. 7,394 roles open in the United States on 29 Oct 2026; a role naming sites in several states counts in each.

The state is the one the posting's location names ("Hawthorne, CA", "Cape Canaveral, Florida"); no state is looked up from a city name, so a location naming a city alone counts under no state.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 3

The US cities with the most open space roles

Which cities are the hubs of space hiring right now?

CityOpen rolesShare of US rolesEmployers hiring
Long Beach, CA867
11.7%
6
Hawthorne, CA673
9.1%
2
Bastrop, TX448
6.1%
1
Redmond, WA343
4.6%
1
Starbase, TX309
4.2%
1
Space Coast, FL288
3.9%
1
Los Angeles, CA224
3.0%
5
Denver, CO211
2.9%
6
El Segundo, CA131
1.8%
3
Midland, TX130
1.8%
1
Cape Canaveral, FL128
1.7%
3
Huntsville, AL111
1.5%
4
Palo Alto, CA98
1.3%
1
Berthoud, CO97
1.3%
1
San Jose, CA94
1.3%
2
USA - El Segundo, CA93
1.3%
1
Playa Vista, CA82
1.1%
1
San Francisco, CA69
0.9%
4
Washington, DC68
0.9%
17
Herndon, VA62
0.8%
3
Kent, WA60
0.8%
2
Woodinville, WA60
0.8%
1
Briggs, TX59
0.8%
1
Torrance, CA59
0.8%
1
Irvine, CA58
0.8%
3
Cedar Park, TX53
0.7%
1
McGregor, TX50
0.7%
1
Burlingame, CA42
0.6%
1
Longmont, CO39
0.5%
3
Stennis Space Center, MS37
0.5%
2

Sample. The 30 US cities named by the most roles open on 29 Oct 2026, as each posting writes the city.

A city is counted as the posting names it: neighboring cities (Hawthorne and El Segundo, Merritt Island and Cape Canaveral) stay apart.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City, read 29 Oct 2026.

Figure 4

How much space work is remote, by kind of work

Can you work in the space industry remotely?

Kind of workRemoteRemote roles
Science, Imaging & Earth Data
16.0%
19
Launch & Mission Operations
10.4%
23
Programs & Business
9.3%
107
Ground Software & IT
7.3%
65
Flight Software & GNC
5.8%
22
Systems, Integration & Test
5.8%
45
Propulsion & Engines
5.7%
13
Mechanical, Structures & Thermal
4.9%
39
Avionics & Electrical
4.2%
24
RF, Communications & Payloads
3.9%
10
Manufacturing & Technicians
2.9%
42
Supply Chain & Facilities
2.6%
20
Quality & Mission Assurance
1.7%
8

Sample. 8,150 roles open on 29 Oct 2026; 448 of them remote by their posting's own flag.

Remote is the posting's own flag. Hybrid roles count as on-site.

Source. SpaceJobs.Now Research, Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City, read 29 Oct 2026.

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Method and definitions

Every open role on the space employers' public job boards this site reads, placed by the country its posting is open in and by the state and city its location text names. Every figure is computed by one database query over the window shown, the same query for the live report and for every edition. Each figure states its sample beneath it.

A role's country
The one country its posting is open in, as its location rule states.
A role's state and city
The state and city its location text names ("Hawthorne, CA"); no state is looked up from a city name. A role naming several sites counts in each.
Remote
The posting's own remote flag; hybrid roles count as on-site.

What this data cannot tell you

  • Coverage follows the employers this site reads, most of them American: the countries table describes their hiring, not every space employer in each country.
  • A state's median pay is compared only where most of its postings state pay; elsewhere the few postings that state it are no sample of the rest.
  • Cities are counted as postings name them, so neighboring cities and a region's own name ("Space Coast") stay apart.

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SpaceJobs.Now (2026). Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City (live data, 2 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026). https://spacejobs.now/research/where-space-jobs-are (accessed 30 Oct 2026)

BibTeX

@misc{aitrainingjobs_where_space_jobs_are_live,
  author = {{SpaceJobs.Now}},
  title = {Where the Space Jobs Are: Open Roles by Country, US State and City (live data, 2 Oct 2026 to 29 Oct 2026)},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://spacejobs.now/research/where-space-jobs-are}},
  note = {Accessed 30 Oct 2026},
}
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