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Space Jobs in California

2,950 open roles at 28 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Long Beach and Hawthorne; typical pay runs $102k–$230k/yr. Read from the employers' own job boards every hour.

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Space companies hiring in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX822$138k/yr
Relativity Space316$122k/yr
Rocket Lab223$108k/yr
K2 Space198$155k/yr
Astranis184$100k/yr
Vast169$112k/yr
True Anomaly167$149k/yr
Apex123$153k/yr
Varda Space Industries117$160k/yr
Boeing106not stated
Muon Space102$201k/yr
Inversion Space82$165k/yr
Voyager Technologies73$155k/yr
Northwood Space59$144k/yr
Xona Space Systems42$161k/yr
Planet30$145k/yr
Terran Orbital29$111k/yr
Blue Origin19not stated
Northrop Grumman17not stated
Loft Orbital14$173k/yr
Outpost14$198k/yr
Turion Space13$175k/yr
Hubble Network10$197k/yr
Momentus8$189k/yr
Vantor7$141k/yr

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Updated 30 Oct 2026, 02:01 UTC

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Questions about space jobs in California

Which space companies are hiring in California?

Today, SpaceX (822 roles), Relativity Space (316 roles), Rocket Lab (223 roles), K2 Space (198 roles), Astranis (184 roles), Vast (169 roles), and 22 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the space jobs?

Most are in Long Beach (867), Hawthorne (673), Los Angeles (225), El Segundo (131), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

What do space jobs in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $133k/yr, with typical pay from $102k–$230k/yr; 87.7% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

Do space jobs in California 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 California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.