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Law, contracts and regulation in the Washington, DC area

Space Jobs for Lawyers and Contracts Managers in the Washington, DC Area

29 open roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals at 13 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Washington, DC and Herndon, VA; typical pay runs $118k–$279k/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 the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX10$170k/yr
True Anomaly3$173k/yr
Viasat3$115k/yr
Amazon Leo2too few figures
BlackSky2too few figures
Northrop Grumman2too few figures
Amentum1too few figures
Iridium1too few figures
LeoLabs1too few figures
Relativity Space1too few figures
Rocket Lab1too few figures
Vantor1too few figures
Vast1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Washington, DC19
  • Herndon, VA3
  • Arlington, VA2
  • Chantilly, VA2
  • Dulles, VA2
  • McLean, VA1

Kinds of work

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What people ask about lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals' work in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies hire lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in the Washington, DC area?

Today, SpaceX (10 roles), True Anomaly (3 roles), Viasat (3 roles), Amazon Leo (2 roles), BlackSky (2 roles), Northrop Grumman (2 roles), and 7 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals?

Most are in Washington, DC (19), Herndon, VA (3), Arlington, VA (2), Chantilly, VA (2), 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 the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $153k/yr, with typical pay from $118k–$279k/yr.

Do roles for lawyers, contracts managers and regulatory professionals in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), 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.