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Recruiting and HR in the Los Angeles area

Space Jobs for Recruiters and HR Professionals in the Los Angeles Area

64 open roles for recruiters and HR professionals at 18 space companies name a site in the Los Angeles area, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $92.5k–$181k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring recruiters and HR professionals in the Los Angeles area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX13$92.5k/yr
Vast13$126k/yr
Rocket Lab6$82.5k/yr
K2 Space5$130k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)4$110k/yr
Relativity Space4$116k/yr
True Anomaly4$141k/yr
Astrolab3$135k/yr
CesiumAstro2too few figures
GITAI2too few figures
The Aerospace Corporation1not stated
Apex1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
Inversion Space1too few figures
Outpost1not stated
Reflect Orbital1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures
Virgin Galactic1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Long Beach27
  • Hawthorne16
  • Los Angeles9
  • El Segundo4
  • Pasadena4
  • Irvine1
  • Playa Vista1
  • Redondo Beach1
  • Tustin1

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What people ask about recruiters and HR professionals' work in the Los Angeles area

Which space companies hire recruiters and HR professionals in the Los Angeles area?

Today, SpaceX (13 roles), Vast (13 roles), Rocket Lab (6 roles), K2 Space (5 roles), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (4 roles), Relativity Space (4 roles), and 12 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Los Angeles area.

Where in the Los Angeles area are the roles for recruiters and HR professionals?

Most are in Long Beach (27), Hawthorne (16), Los Angeles (9), El Segundo (4), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for recruiters and HR professionals in the Los Angeles area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $117k/yr, with typical pay from $92.5k–$181k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do roles for recruiters and HR professionals in the Los Angeles area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the Los Angeles area (the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Los Angeles and Orange counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for recruiters and HR professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.