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Space jobs with a security clearance

Security Clearance Space Jobs in California

1,228 open cleared roles at 45 space companies name a site in California, most of them in El Segundo and Long Beach; typical pay runs $127k–$266k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
The Aerospace Corporation145not stated
Boeing116$149k/yr
SpaceX114$150k/yr
Northrop Grumman110$143k/yr
Lockheed Martin92$152k/yr
Inversion Space75$165k/yr
True Anomaly71$198k/yr
Viasat58$156k/yr
Rocket Lab55$165k/yr
Anduril53$195k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton44$142k/yr
KBR41$152k/yr
Amazon Leo29$152k/yr
K2 Space24$158k/yr
RTX23$110k/yr
Voyager Technologies21$181k/yr
Amentum20$92.8k/yr
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory18$162k/yr
Apex14$123k/yr
Turion Space13$175k/yr
Astranis12$186k/yr
Impulse Space12$183k/yr
L3Harris9$129k/yr
Northwood Space7$171k/yr
Vantor7$141k/yr

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 22:03 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in California

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in California?

Today, The Aerospace Corporation (145 roles), Boeing (116 roles), SpaceX (114 roles), Northrop Grumman (110 roles), Lockheed Martin (92 roles), Inversion Space (75 roles), and 39 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in California.

Where in California are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in El Segundo (369), Long Beach (130), Hawthorne (103), Redondo Beach (89), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $156k/yr, with typical pay from $127k–$266k/yr; 88.2% 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 cleared space jobs in California require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% 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 California, 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.