Space Jobs for Physicists in Colorado

Today, Lockheed Martin (6 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (1 role), Blue Origin (1 role), CesiumAstro (1 role), True Anomaly (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Colorado.

Most are in Louisville (5), Denver (2), Westminster (2), Boulder (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $135k–$252k/yr; 63.1% of Colorado's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Colorado's law has required every employer with at least one employee in Colorado to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2021 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 1,220 physicists working in Colorado, in any industry, earn a median $105k/yr (BLS, May 2025, the public record).

Of the 533 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 74.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 59.7% 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.

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 Colorado, 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 physicists, astronomers and optical engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.