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9,867 open roles on the space employers’ job boards we track, 4,662 of them at private, pre-IPO companies right now. Every figure in this report counts roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted. Hiring activity below covers the seven days ending 2026-10-07 (2026-09-30 → 2026-10-07).
Coverage note (2026-10-05): Anduril's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Rocket Lab's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−4 postings). Vast's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). K2 Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−16 postings). Voyager Technologies now counts space-segment roles only (−132 postings of non-space work). Voyager Technologies's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). True Anomaly's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Ursa Major's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Spire Global's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−4 postings). HawkEye 360's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Outpost Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). GITAI's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Hubble Network's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Loft Orbital's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−3 postings). Array Labs's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). SpaceX no longer counts its xAI and X roles (−50 postings of AI data-center, AI-compute and X platform work). ICEYE's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−2 postings). Northwood Space's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Apex's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). Lunar Outpost's talent pools and general applications are no longer counted as openings (−1 postings). 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 |
|---|---|
| Open roles on employers’ own job boards | 9,867 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 4,662 |
| New roles this week | 733 |
Ranked by open roles on each employer’s own job board (roles on employers’ own job boards; paid and employer-posted roles are not counted).
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,624 |
| Blue Origin | 1,778 |
| Rocket Lab | 549 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 428 |
| Relativity Space | 347 |
| K2 Space | 233 |
| AST SpaceMobile | 225 |
| Impulse Space | 210 |
| True Anomaly | 199 |
733 roles were first posted on employers’ own job boards in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $155,000, based on 533 roles on employers’ own job boards 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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| Vast | 198 |