Space Jobs for Recruiters and HR Professionals

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.

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 145 out of 222 open roles for recruiters and HR 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.

• Name years of experience119
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)19
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition16
• Ask for a certification3
• Name a security clearance2
• Ask for a professional license1
• Name an HR certification (SHRM, PHR, CIPD)1

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

Who hires recruiters and HR professionals in the space industry

Employer	Open roles	Pay stated
Muon Space	4	$83.2k–$214k/yr
Outpost	1	Not stated
Astrolab	3	$115k–$160k/yr
Amazon Leo	2	$82.7k–$187k/yr
True Anomaly	5	$68.6k–$170k/yr
E-Space	2	$90k–$110k/yr
LeoLabs	1	Not stated
Inversion Space	1	$134k–$195k/yr
K2 Space	5	$52k–$170k/yr
Xona Space Systems	1	Not stated
Stoke Space	3	$100k–$196k/yr
Varda Space Industries	2	$90k–$160k/yr
Apex	1	$104k–$177k/yr
Loft Orbital	2	$120k–$150k/yr
Viasat	3	$40k–$156k/yr
Skylo	1	Not stated
Impulse Space	1	$165k–$195k/yr
Planet	2	$232k–$289k/yr
Quantum Space	1	$125k–$146k/yr
BlackSky	2	$72.8k–$120k/yr
Blue Origin	15	$112k–$222k/yr
CesiumAstro	11	$71.5k–$132k/yr
Relativity Space	4	$70.5k–$182k/yr
Voyager Technologies	1	$85k–$100k/yr
Reflect Orbital	1	$80k–$170k/yr
Spire Global	2	$72k–$90k/yr
Vast	13	$54.1k–$275k/yr
GITAI	2	$45.8k–$181k/yr
Sierra Space	2	Not stated
Isar Aerospace	6	Not stated
Axiom Space	5	Not stated
ICEYE	5	Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation	2	Not stated
ArianeGroup	2	Not stated
Star Catcher	2	Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space	1	Not stated
Eutelsat	1	Not stated
Foundational	1	Not stated
HyImpulse	1	Not stated
OHB	1	Not stated
Rocket Factory Augsburg	1	Not stated
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)	1	Not stated
Synspective	1	Not stated
Telesat	1	Not stated
SES	3	$75k–$150k/yr
Intuitive Machines	3	Not stated
SpaceX	52	$56.2k–$215k/yr
Vantor	3	$62k–$215k/yr
AST SpaceMobile	3	Not stated
L3Harris	2	Not stated
Northrop Grumman	1	$220k–$330k/yr
United Launch Alliance	1	$48k–$78.9k/yr
Rocket Lab	9	$52k–$155k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	4	$87.6k–$164k/yr
Ursa Major	2	$62.4k–$106k/yr
Virgin Galactic	2	$81.7k–$203k/yr
Moog	1	$105k–$140k/yr
US Space Force	5	$50.8k–$153k/yr
Astranis	6	$91k–$155k/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.

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring recruiters and HR 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 Leo2 open

Assessment

Amazon's interview loop. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Blue Origin15 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Airbus Defence and Space1 open

Assessment

Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Northrop Grumman1 open

Assessment

The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory4 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

US Space Force5 open

Assessment

The qualification review and interview. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Credentials

Add the documents the announcement asks for, such as academic transcripts or military documents like your DD-214. Source

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for recruiters and HR 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.

What our research measures about programs & business work

Read from the open postings on 2026-10-29 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.

• Who is hiring1,155 open roles (14.2% of the space roles we read) at 47 employers, 385 of them posted in the last 30 days.
• Where the jobs are9.3% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
• Who can apply76.2% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 23.8% name a security clearance.
• Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Excel (21%), SAP or another ERP (13%) and SQL (12%).
• Degrees and experience7.1% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 20.5% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 5 years of experience at the least.
• Pay transparency53.2% of the postings state their pay, at a median $140,000 a year.
• Internships and entry level42 open roles are for someone starting out (3.6% of its open roles).
• Shifts, weekends and travel28.8% of the postings ask for weekend work, 25.9% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.5% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
• What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (82.8% of them), about a security clearance (52.3% of them), your GPA (32.0% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (31.0% of them), your salary expectations (29.2% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (51.6% of them).