Space Jobs in Illinois

Today, Northrop Grumman (8 roles), Amazon Leo (1 role), Boeing (1 role), RTX (1 role), SES (1 role), SpaceX (1 role). The table above lists every employer with a role open in Illinois.

Most are in Rolling Meadows (8), Chicago (2), Rockford (2), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

The roles here that state pay post a median $143k/yr, with typical pay from $129k–$250k/yr; 100% of Illinois's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Illinois's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2025 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 280 aerospace engineers working in Illinois, in any industry, earn a median $109k/yr (BLS, May 2025, as our research sets beside the open roles).

Of the 9 space postings in Illinois whose text we read, 88.9% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 77.8% 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 Illinois, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.