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Entry-Level Space Jobs in the Washington, DC Area

50 open entry-level roles at 18 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Herndon, VA; typical pay runs $60.1k–$140k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring people starting out in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
KBR8$113k/yr
Lockheed Martin8$108k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation7not stated
Rocket Lab7$45.8k/yr
Johns Hopkins APL4$73.4k/yr
Iridium3$64.5k/yr
Muon Space2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1not stated
Blue Origin1too few figures
Elveo Mobile1not stated
HawkEye 3601too few figures
Northrop Grumman1too few figures
Redwire1not stated
SpaceX1too few figures
United Launch Alliance1not stated
Vantor1too few figures
Viasat1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Chantilly, VA15
  • Herndon, VA6
  • Laurel, MD4
  • McLean, VA4
  • Silver Spring, MD4
  • Washington, DC4
  • Springfield, VA3
  • Arlington, VA2
  • Fort Belvoir, VA2
  • Germantown, MD2

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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What people ask about entry-level space jobs in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies are hiring people starting out in the Washington, DC area?

Today, KBR (8 roles), Lockheed Martin (8 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (7 roles), Rocket Lab (7 roles), Johns Hopkins APL (4 roles), Iridium (3 roles), and 12 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the entry-level space jobs?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (15), Herndon, VA (6), Laurel, MD (4), McLean, VA (4), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do entry-level space jobs in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $81k/yr, with typical pay from $60.1k–$140k/yr.

Do entry-level space jobs in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren County), 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.