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Security Clearance Space Jobs in Texas

30 open cleared roles at 13 space companies name a site in Texas, most of them in Arlington and Houston; typical pay runs $127k–$241k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
E-Space6$160k/yr
Lockheed Martin6$135k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation5not stated
Firefly Aerospace3not stated
SpaceX2not stated
Amentum1too few figures
AST SpaceMobile1not stated
Boeing1too few figures
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
Intuitive Machines1not stated
L3Harris1not stated
Northrop Grumman1too few figures
Venus Aerospace1not stated

Where the roles are

  • Arlington9
  • Houston8
  • Cedar Park3
  • Fort Worth2
  • Bastrop1
  • Bertram1
  • Johnson Space Center1
  • Lackland AFB1
  • Midland1
  • Rockwall1

Kinds of work

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 02:02 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in Texas

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in Texas?

Today, E-Space (6 roles), Lockheed Martin (6 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (5 roles), Firefly Aerospace (3 roles), SpaceX (2 roles), Amentum (1 role), and 7 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Texas.

Where in Texas are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Arlington (9), Houston (8), Cedar Park (3), Fort Worth (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in Texas pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $155k/yr, with typical pay from $127k–$241k/yr; 9.6% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings).

Do cleared space jobs in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,255 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 87.7% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 1.3% 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 Texas, 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.