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Law, contracts and regulation in California

Space Jobs for Lawyers and Contracts Managers in California

47 open roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals at 22 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and Long Beach; typical pay runs $146k–$285k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX9$228k/yr
Northrop Grumman8$147k/yr
Voyager Technologies4too few figures
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)3$146k/yr
True Anomaly3$173k/yr
Viasat3$146k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation2not stated
Amentum1too few figures
Array Labs1too few figures
Astra1not stated
Astranis1too few figures
Boeing1too few figures
GITAI1too few figures
Hubble Network1too few figures
Impulse Space1too few figures
Northwood Space1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
Rocket Lab1too few figures
Teledyne1too few figures
US Space Force1too few figures
Varda Space Industries1too few figures
Vast1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Hawthorne7
  • Long Beach6
  • Redondo Beach6
  • El Segundo5
  • Carlsbad3
  • Pasadena3
  • San Diego3
  • Folsom2
  • Los Angeles2
  • Palo Alto2

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 13:02 UTC

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Which space companies hire lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in California?

Today, SpaceX (9 roles), Northrop Grumman (8 roles), Voyager Technologies (4 roles), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (3 roles), True Anomaly (3 roles), Viasat (3 roles), and 16 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals?

Most are in Hawthorne (7), Long Beach (6), Redondo Beach (6), El Segundo (5), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $183k/yr, with typical pay from $146k–$285k/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 lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in California 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 California, 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 lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.