Space Jobs for Security Professionals

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 61 out of 113 open roles for security professionals, 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 experience39
• Name a security clearance29
• Ask for a certification15
• Name a security credential (ISP, SPeD, CPP, PSP)3
• Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)2
• Set a residency or work-authorization condition1

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 5 years.

Who hires security professionals in the space industry

Employer	Open roles	Pay stated
Muon Space	1	$130k–$143k/yr
Umbra	1	$130k–$180k/yr
True Anomaly	3	$85k–$150k/yr
E-Space	1	Not stated
Stoke Space	1	$89k–$167k/yr
K2 Space	2	$62.4k–$170k/yr
Loft Federal	1	$145k–$205k/yr
Varda Space Industries	1	$115k–$155k/yr
Viasat	2	$107k–$191k/yr
Impulse Space	1	$185k–$215k/yr
Blue Origin	3	Not stated
KBR	1	Not stated
Quantum Space	1	$170k–$230k/yr
HawkEye 360	1	$155k–$200k/yr
Millennium Space Systems	1	$119k–$175k/yr
CesiumAstro	1	$136k–$167k/yr
Voyager Technologies	1	$120k–$170k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton	3	$61.9k–$233k/yr
Sierra Space	2	$72.7k–$99.9k/yr
Relativity Space	1	$163k–$245k/yr
Vast	1	$41.6k–$47.8k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation	5	Not stated
Isar Aerospace	3	Not stated
Axiom Space	2	Not stated
ICEYE	2	Not stated
Thales Alenia Space	2	Not stated
Kepler Communications	1	Not stated
OHB	1	Not stated
Star Catcher	1	Not stated
The Exploration Company	1	Not stated
RTX	1	$62.9k–$120k/yr
SpaceX	31	$58.2k–$200k/yr
Lockheed Martin	5	$67.4k–$229k/yr
Vantor	2	$98k–$130k/yr
Northrop Grumman	20	$43.4k–$229k/yr
Iridium	1	$108k–$140k/yr
Rocket Lab	3	$88k–$150k/yr
Amentum	1	Not stated
Ursa Major	1	$98k–$122k/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.

Security Professional salary by employer

What each employer's own postings pay security professionals, by level and by site, with every role and its posted pay.

• SpaceX Security Professional salarymedian $101k/yr, 31 open roles
• Northrop Grumman Security Professional salarymedian $116k/yr, 20 open roles

How each employer checks you

For every employer currently hiring security professionals: 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.

Blue Origin3 open

Assessment

No general test published. How to apply

Interview

None published

Booz Allen Hamilton3 open

Assessment

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

Interview

Interview

Thales Alenia Space2 open

Assessment

Thales interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Lockheed Martin5 open

Assessment

Lockheed Martin's interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Northrop Grumman20 open

Assessment

The recruiter screening and team interviews. How to apply

Interview

Interview

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for security professionals, 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 2026-10-30 by our space industry research, rebuilt every day. Every figure opens the row of the report it comes from.

• Who is hiring2,351 open roles (14.8% of the space roles we read) at 134 employers, 948 of them posted in the last 30 days.
• Where the jobs are4.1% of these roles are remote; the rest are on-site or hybrid.
• Who can apply59.7% of the postings are open only to US persons or US citizens, and 30.8% name a security clearance.
• Skills and toolsThe skills its postings name most: Excel (21%), SAP or another ERP (15%) and Jira (8%).
• Degrees and experience4.9% of the postings take a high school diploma or an associate's degree, 25.0% name a master's or PhD, and they ask for a median of 5 years of experience at the least.
• Pay transparency58.8% of the postings state their pay, at a median $148,000 a year.
• Internships and entry level95 open roles are for someone starting out (4.0% of its open roles).
• Shifts, weekends and travel15.3% of the postings ask for weekend work, 17.5% for overtime or extended hours, and 0.4% name an evening, night or rotating shift.
• What applications askThe application forms for this work ask your citizenship or U.S. person status (77.6% of them), about a security clearance (47.7% of them), your GPA (25.3% of them), SAT, ACT or GRE scores (24.4% of them), your salary expectations (26.5% of them) and whether you have worked or interviewed at the company before (41.7% of them).