SpaceX (SPCX) hiring
SpaceX's open jobs have more than doubled since July 2025
SpaceX's own careers board listed 2,894 jobs on 6 Nov 2026, against 1,233 in July 2025 and 968 in January 2023. Bastrop, TX grew most, from 169 to 566 open jobs, and job titles naming Starlink went from 347 to 932. Palo Alto, CA (114), Memphis, TN (70) and Austin, TX (30) are sites the board did not list in July 2025; without them, the count is still 2,680.
Jobs on SpaceX's board, month by month
From archived copies of the board. The low was 742 in July 2024. The last archived month shown is July 2025; the dotted step joins it to today's count, and a gap in the line is a run of months with no archived copy.
Where SpaceX is hiring: July 2025 and today
| Site | July 2025 | 6 Nov 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne, CA | 448 | 773 | +73% |
| Bastrop, TX | 169 | 566 | +235% |
| Starbase, TX | 227 | 455 | +100% |
| Redmond, WA | 202 | 386 | +91% |
| Cape Canaveral, FL | 67 | 131 | +96% |
| Palo Alto, CA | 0 | 114 | new |
| McGregor, TX | 26 | 72 | +177% |
| Woodinville, WA | 15 | 72 | +380% |
| Memphis, TN | 0 | 70 | new |
| Washington, DC | 14 | 60 | +329% |
| Vandenberg, CA | 21 | 31 | +48% |
| Austin, TX | 0 | 30 | new |
| All sites | 1,233 | 2,894 | +135% |
The twelve sites with the most jobs today, by the city the board names; the total counts every site. Sources: the board as archived in July 2025 and the board itself on 6 Nov 2026.
Which programs job titles name
| Program in the title | July 2025 | 6 Nov 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlink | 347 | 932 | +169% |
| Starship | 246 | 397 | +61% |
| Starshield | 66 | 149 | +126% |
| Raptor | 44 | 89 | +102% |
| Falcon | 46 | 51 | +11% |
| Dragon | 19 | 32 | +68% |
A title can name more than one program, and many name none, so these do not add up to the total.
Every SpaceX posting, every day
Hiring radar records each SpaceX posting and those of about 150 more space companies, role by role: title, kind of work, site, stated pay, the days it went up and came down, and a daily change log, as plain files. The week's counts for every listed space company are on the space stocks hiring tracker, and the SpaceX roles themselves on our SpaceX jobs page.
Questions
Is SpaceX hiring?
SpaceX's own careers board listed 2,894 open jobs on 6 Nov 2026, against 1,233 in July 2025.
Where is SpaceX hiring the most?
Hawthorne, CA (773), Bastrop, TX (566), Starbase, TX (455), Redmond, WA (386) list the most jobs today. The largest increase since July 2025 is Bastrop, TX, from 169 to 566.
Which SpaceX programs are hiring?
Counting the programs job titles name: Starlink 932, Starship 397, Starshield 149, Raptor 89, Falcon 51, Dragon 32. Many titles name no program, so these are a floor.
How are these numbers counted?
Every job on SpaceX's Greenhouse careers board, the board its careers page reads. The past months come from the copies the Internet Archive kept of that board; today's count is the board itself on 6 Nov 2026. A site is the city the board names. The SpaceX jobs we list, with pay and locations, are on our SpaceX jobs page.