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Coverage note (2026-09-26): 35 employers joined the tracker (+1,834 postings: Inversion Space, Isar Aerospace, Spire Global, Katalyst Space, AST SpaceMobile, LeoLabs, BlackSky, HawkEye 360 and 27 more). Anduril now counts space-segment roles only (−2,252 postings of non-space work). Hermeus now counts space-segment roles only (−85 postings of non-space work). Hadrian now counts space-segment roles only (−143 postings of non-space work). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring. No week-over-week change is shown this week for that reason.
Coverage note (2026-09-27): 11 employers joined the tracker (+1,192 postings: Leonardo, Leidos, Boeing, KBR, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Northrop Grumman, Axiom Space, Sierra Space and 3 more). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring. No week-over-week change is shown this week for that reason.
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Active job listings | 9,905 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 4,575 |
| New listings this week | 1,007 |
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,610 |
| Blue Origin | 1,764 |
| Rocket Lab | 533 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 423 |
| Relativity Space | 333 |
| K2 Space | 245 |
| AST SpaceMobile | 235 |
| Vast | 204 |
| Impulse Space | 201 |
| Voyager Technologies | 192 |
1,007 listings were first posted in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $154,999, based on 541 listings that disclose salary.
Job data is synced daily from company ATS feeds. This brief is generated automatically every week: no AI, pure data aggregation.
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