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Entry-Level Space Jobs in the San Francisco Area

59 open entry-level roles at 5 space companies name a site in the San Francisco area, most of them in San Francisco and Pleasanton; typical pay runs $60.3k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring people starting out in the San Francisco area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Astranis53$60.3k/yr
Benchmark Space Systems3$53k/yr
Astra1too few figures
Cowboy Space1too few figures
Xona Space Systems1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 04:02 UTC

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What people ask about entry-level space jobs in the San Francisco area

Which space companies are hiring people starting out in the San Francisco area?

Today, Astranis (53 roles), Benchmark Space Systems (3 roles), Astra (1 role), Cowboy Space (1 role), Xona Space Systems (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Francisco area.

Where in the San Francisco area are the entry-level space jobs?

Most are in San Francisco (53), Pleasanton (3), Alameda (1), Burlingame (1), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do entry-level space jobs in the San Francisco area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $60.3k/yr, with typical pay from $60.3k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do entry-level space jobs in the San Francisco area require US citizenship?

Of the 4,832 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.3% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.5% 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.

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 San Francisco area (the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title says it is for someone starting out (an internship, an apprenticeship, a new graduate or a first-level role) by the same rule as every entry-level space job; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.