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Space Jobs for Welders

, SpaceJobs.Now lists 100 open roles for welders on , including K2 Space, Impulse Space and Gravitics; typical pay across them is $63.4k to $173k a year (median $83.2k), topped by $190k a year advertised at SpaceX.

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$63.4k–$173k/yrtypical paylive median $83.2k/yrup to $190k/yr at SpaceX

Measured from 36 distinct posted rates, across 8 employers, each as a year's pay (an hourly rate × 2,080 hours). 64 of the 100 listings open here post no pay at all.

Rocket and spacecraft makers hire welders to join the tanks, engine parts and propellant lines that fly, and welding engineers to qualify how it is done. Each listing here is re-verified on the employer's own job board once an hour.

Live roles for welders

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 09:02 UTC

Welding engineers

16 open

Develop and qualify the welding processes for tanks, engines and structures.

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Welders and welding technicians

84 open

Weld tanks, engine parts, lines and structures, often TIG and on aluminum, steel and nickel alloys.

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Before you apply

Space hardware is built, tested and flown in person, so many roles name a factory, a test site, a launch site or a control room, and each listing states its location. US roles that touch export-controlled technology (ITAR or EAR) can ask that you be a U.S. person, and some ask for a security clearance. A real employer never charges you to apply, never interviews you only by chat app and never asks you to buy equipment.

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.

SpecialtyOpen rolesTypical payHighest rate
Welding engineers16$127k–$187k/yr$190k/yr
Welders and welding technicians84$63.2k–$128k/yr$155k/yr

What the roles ask for

Drawn from the requirement lines of 71 out of 100 open roles for welders, the same lines each role's pop-up quotes from its posting. Each role is counted once, at the lowest degree it will accept.

0

Ask for a PhD

0

Ask for a master's

12

Ask for at least a bachelor's

59

Name no degree

  • Name years of experience59
  • Ask for a certification26
  • Set a residency or work-authorization condition12
  • Name u.S. person status (ITAR or EAR)8
  • Name a welding certification5

Where a posting states years of experience, the median ask is 3 years.

Who hires welders in the space industry

EmployerOpen rolesPay stated
K2 Space logoK2 Space1$62.4k–$87.4k/yr
Impulse Space logoImpulse Space1$115k–$185k/yr
Gravitics logoGravitics1$72.8k–$93.6k/yr
Vast logoVast4$49.9k–$133k/yr
Voyager Technologies logoVoyager Technologies2$52k–$68.6k/yr
Relativity Space logoRelativity Space10$47.4k–$186k/yr
Blue Origin logoBlue Origin27Not stated
Firefly Aerospace logoFirefly Aerospace3Not stated
Axiom Space logoAxiom Space1Not stated
Isar Aerospace logoIsar Aerospace1Not stated
Rocket Factory Augsburg logoRocket Factory Augsburg1Not stated
Intuitive Machines logoIntuitive Machines3Not stated
SpaceX logoSpaceX37$47.8k–$190k/yr
United Launch Alliance logoUnited Launch Alliance4Not stated
Rocket Lab logoRocket Lab4$52k–$149k/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.

Where these roles are posted

The US states with the most open roles for welders, 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.

In the US, by state

Space industry jobs by US state

The public record, in every industry: 437,700 welders, cutters, solderers and brazers work in the US (2025), projected to grow 2% by 2035, at a median $53.8k/yr (BLS, May 2025). Each state's page gives its own.

What our research measures about technicians 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.

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Frequently asked questions

How much do welders earn in the space industry?

Going by the 36 distinct salaries currently posted for roles for welders (each put on a full-time year), the typical range is $63.4k–$173k/yr and the median is $83.2k/yr. The top posted figure is $190k/yr, at SpaceX. 64 of the 100 open roles for welders state no pay, so check each listing.

Do I need a welding certification?

Many roles ask for one, or for passing the employer's own weld test, along with experience in the processes and materials they name. Each listing states what it requires, the shift and the location. Of the 71 open roles for welders whose requirements we read, 12 at least a bachelor's and 59 name no degree.

What does a welder do at a space company?

A welder at a space company joins flight hardware to tight procedures: tanks and domes, engine parts, propellant lines and structures, then has the welds inspected and recorded. Welding engineers develop and qualify the processes and the welders who perform them.

How do space companies hire welders?

Each employer runs its own hiring, and each listing says what it asks for: the degree or the hands-on experience, the location, and for export-controlled work in the US, often U.S. person status.

Are these jobs real?

Every role here is read from a space employer's own careers page or job board (K2 Space, Impulse Space, Gravitics and Vast among them), and each employer's page here covers who they are and how they hire. A real employer never charges you to apply, never asks you to buy equipment and never interviews you only by chat app.

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