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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Seattle Area

44 open cleared roles at 4 space companies name a site in the Seattle area, most of them in Redmond and Tukwila; typical pay runs $137k–$270k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Seattle area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Blue Origin26$149k/yr
SpaceX14$174k/yr
Boeing2too few figures
Kymeta2too few figures

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 08:02 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Seattle area

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

Today, Blue Origin (26 roles), SpaceX (14 roles), Boeing (2 roles), Kymeta (2 roles). The table above lists every employer with a role open in the Seattle area.

Where in the Seattle area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Redmond (16), Tukwila (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

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

The roles here that state pay post a median $163k/yr, with typical pay from $137k–$270k/yr; 88.9% of Washington's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Washington'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 the Seattle area require US citizenship?

Of the 1,771 space postings in Washington whose text we read, 96.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.6% 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 Seattle area (the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: King, Pierce and Snohomish 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.