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Space Jobs for Finance Professionals

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 280 open roles for finance and accounting professionals on , including Array Labs, Hubble Network and Cowboy Space; typical pay across them is $103k to $229k a year (median $126k), topped by $360k a year advertised at Virgin Galactic.

See 138 roles for finance and accounting professionals
$103k–$229k/yrtypical paylive median $126k/yrup to $360k/yr at Virgin Galactic

Measured from 171 distinct posted rates, across 51 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 95 of the 280 listings open here post no pay at all.

Space companies hire finance and accounting professionals to plan budgets, keep the books and price the government contracts much of the industry runs on. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for finance and accounting professionals

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 22:02 UTC

Showing the 138 roles that name years of experience, every country. See every role

Cost estimating and pricing

5 open

Estimate and price what a mission, a vehicle or a contract will cost, the numbers behind every government bid.

Tax, treasury and payroll

18 open

Taxes across countries, cash and the payroll of a growing workforce.

Show 8 more tax, treasury and payroll roles

Financial planning and analysis

35 open

Budgets, forecasts and the analysis behind decisions about programs, factories and launches.

Show 25 more FP&A roles

Accounting and controllership

54 open

Keep the books: ledgers, payables and receivables, cost accounting and financial reporting.

Show 44 more accounting roles

Finance professionals

26 open

Finance and accounting roles across space companies.

Show 16 more finance roles

Before you apply

Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.

Pay by specialty

Every specialty gets its typical band from its own open roles, computed by the same method as the rest of the site (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). A specialty is listed once three or more distinct rates have been posted.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Cost estimating and pricing9$109k–$152k/yr$160k/yr
Tax, treasury and payroll23$113k–$235k/yr$250k/yr
Internal audit4Too few ratesNot stated
Financial planning and analysis63$114k–$217k/yr$345k/yr
Accounting and controllership100$99.1k–$190k/yr$238k/yr
Finance professionals81$95.6k–$244k/yr$360k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 195 out of 280 open roles for finance and accounting professionals, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

0

Ask for a PhD

3

Ask for a master's

153

Ask for at least a bachelor's

39

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience138
  • Name a CPA or other accounting qualification22
  • Name a security clearance21
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition18
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)17
  • Ask for a professional license10
  • Ask for a certification4
  • Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)2

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires finance and accounting professionals in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
Array Labs logoArray Labs1$150k–$200k/yr
Hubble Network logoHubble Network1$250k–$350k/yr
Cowboy Space logoCowboy Space1$83k–$91k/yr
Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo1Not stated
True Anomaly logoTrue Anomaly6$60k–$345k/yr
Momentus logoMomentus1$160k–$180k/yr
E-Space logoE-Space3$115k–$125k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems logoBAE Systems Space & Mission Systems1$138k–$235k/yr
Kymeta logoKymeta1$170k–$210k/yr
K2 Space logoK2 Space3$52k–$130k/yr
Xona Space Systems logoXona Space Systems1$250k–$350k/yr
Loft Federal logoLoft Federal1$180k–$230k/yr
Quindar logoQuindar1$235k–$275k/yr
Loft Orbital logoLoft Orbital1$140k–$160k/yr
Viasat logoViasat4$104k–$165k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin23$58.2k–$174k/yr
Astra logoAstra1Not stated
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space5$100k–$185k/yr
Quantum Space logoQuantum Space1$150k–$190k/yr
Revolution Space logoRevolution Space1$170k–$190k/yr
HawkEye 360 logoHawkEye 3607$85k–$235k/yr
Planet logoPlanet4$107k–$151k/yr
BlackSky logoBlackSky4$120k–$155k/yr
Gravitics logoGravitics2$90k–$215k/yr
CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstro4$112k–$132k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies2$48.9k–$75k/yr
Spire Global logoSpire Global1$131k–$171k/yr
Northwood Space logoNorthwood Space5$112k–$184k/yr
GITAI logoGITAI1$180k–$250k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton1$69.3k–$158k/yr
Boeing logoBoeing1$178k–$240k/yr
Sierra Space logoSierra Space6$76.4k–$191k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space5$96k–$238k/yr
Vast logoVast2$92.2k–$148k/yr
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace1Not stated
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space11Not stated
Eutelsat logoEutelsat7Not stated
ICEYE logoICEYE4Not stated
OHB logoOHB4Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation logoThe Aerospace Corporation3Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space3Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space3Not stated
ArianeGroup logoArianeGroup2Not stated
Astroscale logoAstroscale2Not stated
Constellr logoConstellr2Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace2Not stated
German Aerospace Center (DLR) logoGerman Aerospace Center (DLR)1Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)1Not stated
HyImpulse logoHyImpulse1Not stated
Kepler Communications logoKepler Communications1Not stated
Rocket Factory Augsburg logoRocket Factory Augsburg1Not stated
Telespazio logoTelespazio1Not stated
Venus Aerospace logoVenus Aerospace1Not stated
Katalyst Space Technologies logoKatalyst Space Technologies2$100k–$220k/yr
SES logoSES13$87.9k–$138k/yr
RTX logoRTX3$68.9k–$205k/yr
SpaceX logoSpaceX23$62.4k–$250k/yr
ispace logoispace6Not stated
L3Harris logoL3Harris4$67k–$171k/yr
AST SpaceMobile logoAST SpaceMobile1Not stated
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin35$55.7k–$229k/yr
Vantor logoVantor3$78k–$180k/yr
Mission Control Space Services logoMission Control Space Services1$100k–$120k/yr
General Dynamics Mission Systems logoGeneral Dynamics Mission Systems1$118k/yr
Terran Orbital logoTerran Orbital1$70k–$85k/yr
United Launch Alliance logoUnited Launch Alliance2$48k–$78.9k/yr
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman10$65.5k–$220k/yr
Virgin Galactic logoVirgin Galactic1$300k–$360k/yr
Iridium logoIridium2$105k–$140k/yr
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab6$54.1k–$165k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)3$43.7k–$102k/yr
Amentum logoAmentum3Not stated
Ursa Major logoUrsa Major2$52k–$300k/yr
Teledyne logoTeledyne2$77.9k–$129k/yr
Astranis logoAstranis2$70k–$100k/yr

Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Finance or Accounting Professional salary by employer

What each employer's own postings pay finance and accounting professionals, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring finance and accounting professionals: its process as its own hiring guide describes it, each line with its source. The complete steps sit on that employer's page. Sorted by the expected value of an application (acceptance odds times posted pay). A referral agreement, if an employer has one, can raise it in this order but never changes the salary it offers.

Amazon Leo logoAmazon Leo1 open
Assessment
Amazon's interview loop. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin23 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published
Booz Allen Hamilton logoBooz Allen Hamilton1 open
Assessment
Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Thales Alenia Space logoThales Alenia Space11 open
Assessment
Thales interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Airbus Defence and Space logoAirbus Defence and Space3 open
Assessment
Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply
Interview
Interview
European Space Agency (ESA) logoEuropean Space Agency (ESA)1 open
Assessment
ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Credentials
You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source
Lockheed Martin logoLockheed Martin35 open
Assessment
Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
Northrop Grumman logoNorthrop Grumman10 open
Assessment
The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply
Interview
Interview
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) logoNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)3 open
Assessment
No general test published. How to apply
Interview
None published

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for finance and accounting professionals, and the roles posted for a single country. A place name leads to its own page, and a country's count lists the matching roles.

Students and recent graduates: 14 open space internships for finance and accounting professionals.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do finance and accounting professionals earn in the space industry?

Going by the 171 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for finance and accounting professionals (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $103k–$229k/yr and the median is $126k/yr. The top posted figure is $360k/yr, at Virgin Galactic. 95 of the 280 open roles for finance and accounting professionals state no pay, so check each listing.

Do I need a CPA for a space finance job?

Accounting and controller roles often ask for a CPA or work toward one; financial analyst roles usually ask for a degree in finance or accounting and years of analysis, and experience with government contracts or cost accounting helps. Every posting spells out its exact requirements and work site, so read each one. Of the 195 open roles for finance and accounting professionals whose requirements we read, 3 a master's, 153 at least a bachelor's and 39 name no degree.

What does a finance or accounting professional do at a space company?

A finance professional at a space company plans and tracks the money behind programs, factories and launches: financial planning and analysis, accounting and controllership, cost estimating and pricing for contract bids, tax, treasury and payroll. Work on government contracts adds its own cost accounting rules.

How do space companies hire finance and accounting professionals?

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status. Of the employers hiring finance and accounting professionals now, European Space Agency (ESA) says it checks credentials such as degrees. The section on how each employer checks you quotes each guide with its source.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (Array Labs, Hubble Network, Cowboy Space and Amazon Leo among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.

Which space companies pay finance and accounting professionals the most?

Of the 4 employers whose postings for finance and accounting professionals state enough pay for a figure, the highest medians are SpaceX ($148k/yr), Blue Origin ($125k/yr) and Northrop Grumman ($118k/yr). A median is of what each employer's open roles post today, by the same formula for every employer.

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