Space Jobs for Program Managers

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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 269 out of 620 open roles for program and project managers, 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 experience245
• Name a security clearance66
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)32
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition21
• Ask for a professional license9
• Ask for a certification8
• Name a PMP certification4
• Require programming (Python, C++, MATLAB and similar)3

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 7 years.

Who hires program and project managers in the space industry

Employer	Open roles	Pay stated
Muon Space	6	$206k–$250k/yr
Anduril	5	$132k–$319k/yr
Umbra	2	$175k–$210k/yr
Astrolab	1	$110k–$145k/yr
Amazon Leo	69	$74.2k–$263k/yr
True Anomaly	4	$120k–$250k/yr
Turion Space	1	$225k–$250k/yr
Momentus	1	$180k–$215k/yr
E-Space	5	$120k–$210k/yr
LeoLabs	2	$230k–$250k/yr
Inversion Space	1	$145k–$205k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems	9	$101k–$256k/yr
K2 Space	7	$110k–$250k/yr
Xona Space Systems	3	$110k–$175k/yr
Loft Federal	2	$125k–$210k/yr
Stoke Space	1	$193k–$289k/yr
Quindar	2	$120k–$175k/yr
Varda Space Industries	3	$101k–$190k/yr
Apex	1	$160k–$190k/yr
Loft Orbital	3	$150k–$200k/yr
Trinzic	1	$134k–$200k/yr
Viasat	23	$94.5k–$336k/yr
Skylo	1	$130k–$140k/yr
Impulse Space	5	$95k–$235k/yr
Capella Space	2	$124k–$190k/yr
KBR	6	$58.3k–$150k/yr
Planet	7	$127k–$179k/yr
HawkEye 360	1	$170k–$200k/yr
Blue Origin	73	$103k–$377k/yr
Sophia Space	1	$125k–$191k/yr
Vast	4	$123k–$190k/yr
Voyager Technologies	24	$82.5k–$948k/yr
CesiumAstro	14	$113k–$236k/yr
Relativity Space	6	$96k–$271k/yr
Spire Global	2	$90k–$130k/yr
GITAI	1	$125k–$165k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton	4	$77.6k–$225k/yr
Sierra Space	11	$119k–$239k/yr
Firefly Aerospace	5	Not stated
The Aerospace Corporation	16	Not stated
OHB	15	Not stated
Axiom Space	8	Not stated
ArianeGroup	6	Not stated
ICEYE	6	Not stated
The Exploration Company	6	Not stated
Isar Aerospace	4	Not stated
Telesat	4	Not stated
Airbus Defence and Space	3	Not stated
European Space Agency (ESA)	3	Not stated
Eutelsat	3	Not stated
Exotrail	3	Not stated
Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL)	3	Not stated
Astroscale	2	Not stated
Hemeria	2	Not stated
Rocket Factory Augsburg	2	Not stated
Star Catcher	2	Not stated
Constellr	1	Not stated
Dawn Aerospace	1	Not stated
Elveo Mobile	1	Not stated
Kepler Communications	1	Not stated
Leaf Space	1	Not stated
Sidus Space	1	Not stated
SpaceWorks Enterprises	1	Not stated
Thales Alenia Space	1	Not stated
Venus Aerospace	1	Not stated
Leidos	4	$73.5k–$278k/yr
SES	4	Not stated
Katalyst Space Technologies	1	$120k–$160k/yr
Boeing	7	$101k–$228k/yr
Intuitive Machines	1	Not stated
RTX	5	$108k–$277k/yr
SpaceX	42	$80k–$280k/yr
General Dynamics Mission Systems	1	$169k/yr
ispace	2	Not stated
Vantor	6	$90k–$220k/yr
AST SpaceMobile	10	Not stated
Mission Control Space Services	1	Not stated
SEAKR Engineering	1	$130k–$180k/yr
Northrop Grumman	25	$69k–$290k/yr
L3Harris	4	$184k–$342k/yr
Blue Canyon Technologies	2	Not stated
Terran Orbital	1	$130k–$175k/yr
AeroVironment (AV)	5	$80.5k–$154k/yr
United Launch Alliance	5	Not stated
Redwire	5	$85k–$180k/yr
Virgin Galactic	2	$81.7k–$186k/yr
Rocket Lab	14	$125k–$263k/yr
Teledyne	2	Not stated
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	1	$147k–$185k/yr
Lockheed Martin	11	$49.5k–$195k/yr
Amentum	13	$83.7k–$145k/yr
Ursa Major	6	$82.2k–$163k/yr
CACI	6	$78k–$238k/yr
Lunar Outpost	2	$49.9k/yr
Moog	2	$80k–$155k/yr
US Space Force	7	$41.3k–$168k/yr
Astranis	6	$60.3k–$205k/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 program and project managers: 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 Leo69 open

Assessment

Amazon's interview loop. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Blue Origin73 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Booz Allen Hamilton4 open

Assessment

Booz Allen's technical assessment and interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Airbus Defence and Space3 open

Assessment

Airbus interviews and role tests. How to apply

Interview

Interview

European Space Agency (ESA)3 open

Assessment

ESA's pre-screening and panel interview. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Credentials

You complete a basic medical screening for the ESA Medical Officer and a basic background screening run by an external party; in a second stage ESA contacts your referees and verifies your diploma. Source

Thales Alenia Space1 open

Assessment

Thales interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Northrop Grumman25 open

Assessment

The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory1 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Lockheed Martin11 open

Assessment

Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

US Space Force7 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 program and project managers, 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).