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Space Jobs in Texas

1,866 open roles at 29 space companies name a site in Texas, most of them in Bastrop and Starbase. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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What the space companies do in Texas

Space companies hiring in Texas

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX981$170k/yr
AST SpaceMobile147$59.8k/yr
Axiom Space123not stated
Firefly Aerospace114not stated
CesiumAstro92too few figures
Amentum73$83.7k/yr
Intuitive Machines70not stated
Blue Origin58$218k/yr
E-Space54$175k/yr
Amazon Leo31$184k/yr
Venus Aerospace23not stated
KBR18too few figures
Lockheed Martin18$158k/yr
CACI17$116k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation11not stated
Gravitics7$155k/yr
Leidos6$113k/yr
The Exploration Company5not stated
NASA4$173k/yr
Voyager Technologies4too few figures
US Space Force2too few figures
Boeing1too few figures
Booz Allen Hamilton1too few figures
Exos Aerospace1not stated
L3Harris1not stated

Where the roles are

Kinds of work

Internships, cleared roles and entry-level roles in Texas

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Updated 1 Nov 2026, 03:02 UTC

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Which space companies are hiring in Texas?

Today, SpaceX (981 roles), AST SpaceMobile (147 roles), Axiom Space (123 roles), Firefly Aerospace (114 roles), CesiumAstro (92 roles), Amentum (73 roles), and 23 more. The table above lists the 25 with the most roles open in Texas.

Where in Texas are the space jobs?

Most are in Bastrop (499), Starbase (358), Houston (352), Austin (154), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in Texas pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $150k/yr, with typical pay from $102k–$253k/yr; 10.2% of Texas's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. Texas has no law requiring a pay range in job postings, so a posting there can leave pay out (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 7,560 aerospace engineers working in Texas, in any industry, earn a median $130k/yr (BLS, May 2025, as our research sets beside the open roles).

Do space jobs in Texas require US citizenship?

Of the 1,865 space postings in Texas whose text we read, 80.3% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 3.8% 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.

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