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Security Clearance Space Jobs in the Washington, DC Area

576 open cleared roles at 47 space companies name a site in the Washington, DC area, most of them in Chantilly, VA and Dulles, VA; typical pay runs $132k–$280k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring cleared people in the Washington, DC area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Northrop Grumman93$143k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation82not stated
KBR56$167k/yr
Lockheed Martin56$158k/yr
Vantor40$140k/yr
Booz Allen Hamilton31$142k/yr
Johns Hopkins APL30$173k/yr
SpaceX29$163k/yr
Anduril25$195k/yr
L3Harris16$132k/yr
CACI10$183k/yr
Amazon Leo8$174k/yr
Planet8$147k/yr
Iridium7$140k/yr
Rocket Lab7$179k/yr
AST SpaceMobile6not stated
Redwire6$121k/yr
Amentum5too few figures
Boeing5$159k/yr
Muon Space5$212k/yr
RTX5$156k/yr
BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems4$181k/yr
Leidos4$168k/yr
Viasat4$168k/yr
MITRE3$165k/yr

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Updated 31 Oct 2026, 07:01 UTC

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What people ask about cleared space jobs in the Washington, DC area

Which space companies are hiring cleared people in the Washington, DC area?

Today, Northrop Grumman (93 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (82 roles), KBR (56 roles), Lockheed Martin (56 roles), Vantor (40 roles), Booz Allen Hamilton (31 roles), and 41 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in the Washington, DC area.

Where in the Washington, DC area are the cleared space jobs?

Most are in Chantilly, VA (168), Dulles, VA (84), Washington, DC (66), Herndon, VA (62), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do cleared space jobs in the Washington, DC area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $160k/yr, with typical pay from $132k–$280k/yr.

Do cleared space jobs in the Washington, DC area require US citizenship?

Many do: rocket, spacecraft and satellite work is often export-controlled under ITAR or the EAR, so most roles at US space employers are open only to US citizens or US persons, as each posting states. Our research on who can apply measures it employer by employer.

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 Washington, DC area (the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alexandria city, Arlington County, Charles County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, District of Columbia, Fairfax city, Fairfax County, Falls Church city, Fauquier County, Frederick County, Fredericksburg city, Jefferson County, Loudoun County, Manassas city, Manassas Park city, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County and Warren 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.