Skip to content

Space jobs by state

Space Jobs in Virginia

155 open roles at 7 space companies name a site in Virginia, most of them in Herndon and Wallops Island; typical pay runs $100k–$196k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

Browse the rolesVirginia in the research on where space jobs are →Every state →

Space companies hiring in Virginia

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Vantor50$135k/yr
Rocket Lab34$100k/yr
Northrop Grumman19not stated
Planet19$128k/yr
HawkEye 36018$125k/yr
BlackSky13$143k/yr
Muon Space2too few figures

Where the roles are

Kinds of work

Professions hiring in Virginia

Open space jobs in Virginia, newest first

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 04:01 UTC

The 100 newest of 155; each employer's page above lists all of its roles.

Weekly roles email

Space openings, sent to your inbox

The newest roles at every employer we track, with the pay each states, in one weekly email. Free, and unsubscribe anytime.

Only job openings, never promotions. Stop it from any email.

What people ask about space work in Virginia

Which space companies are hiring in Virginia?

Today, Vantor (50 roles), Rocket Lab (34 roles), Northrop Grumman (19 roles), Planet (19 roles), HawkEye 360 (18 roles), BlackSky (13 roles), and 1 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in Virginia.

Where in Virginia are the space jobs?

Most are in Herndon (62), Wallops Island (22), Arlington (21), Chantilly (12), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space jobs in Virginia pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $127k/yr, with typical pay from $100k–$196k/yr; 79.9% of Virginia's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state.

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