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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Denver Area

632 open cleared roles at 22 space companies name a site in the Denver area, most of them in Littleton and Denver; typical pay runs $128k–$275k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Denver area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Lockheed Martin344$158k/yr
True Anomaly81$198k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems49$159k/yr
Blue Origin38$160k/yr
Sierra Space23$158k/yr
Rocket Lab19$143k/yr
Northrop Grumman16$130k/yr
Loft Federal10$168k/yr
RTX10$156k/yr
Vantor9$127k/yr
Quindar8$158k/yr
United Launch Alliance8$139k/yr
CesiumAstro4$160k/yr
CACI3$127k/yr
Parsons2too few figures
Voyager Technologies2too few figures
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
LeoLabs1too few figures
Peraton1too few figures
Planet1too few figures
Redwire1too few figures
SEAKR Engineering1too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 01:02 UTC

The 100 newest of 632; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Denver area

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

Today, Lockheed Martin (344 roles), True Anomaly (81 roles), BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (49 roles), Blue Origin (38 roles), Sierra Space (23 roles), Rocket Lab (19 roles), and 16 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Denver area.

Where in the Denver area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Littleton (301), Denver (137), Broomfield (42), Englewood (42), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

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

The roles here that state pay post a median $158k/yr, with typical pay from $128k–$275k/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 Denver area require US citizenship?

Of the 533 space postings in Colorado whose text we read, 74.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 59.7% 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 Denver area (the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties), 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.