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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Boulder Area

162 open cleared roles at 9 space companies name a site in the Boulder area, most of them in Boulder and Louisville; typical pay runs $130k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Boulder area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin67$158k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems48$159k/yr
Sierra Space21$138k/yr
Northrop Grumman15$143k/yr
Vantor7$114k/yr
Capella Space1too few figures
KBR1not stated
Millennium Space Systems1too few figures
Ursa Major1too few figures

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Open cleared space jobs in the Boulder area, newest first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 04:02 UTC

The 100 newest of 162; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Boulder area

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in the Boulder area?

Today, Lockheed Martin (67 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (48 roles), Sierra Space (21 roles), Northrop Grumman (15 roles), Vantor (7 roles), Capella Space (1 role), and 3 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Boulder area.

Where in the Boulder area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Boulder (104), Louisville (44), Longmont (38), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in the Boulder area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $130k–$270k/yr; 93.2% of Colorado's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Colorado's law has required every employer with at least one employee in Colorado to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2021 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do cleared space jobs in the Boulder area require US citizenship?

Of the 2,053 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 58.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 63.2% 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 Boulder area (the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Boulder County), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its posting names a security clearance level (Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI) by the same reading as every cleared space job; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.