Space Jobs in Menlo Park, California

Today, LeoLabs (11 roles). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Menlo Park, California.

The roles here that state pay post a median $130k/yr, with typical pay from $114k–$207k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California'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). For reference, the 510 aerospace engineers working in the San Francisco area, in any industry, earn a median $191k/yr (BLS, May 2025).

Of the 4,858 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% 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.

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 Menlo Park, 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.