SpaceNexus Monthly Hiring Index
The monthly edition of our hiring dataset: who was hiring, how fast the picture moved, and where the roles were. For the live day-to-day view, see the hiring trends dashboard.
| # | Company | Active roles at month end |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SpaceX | 2,248 |
| 2 | Anduril | 2,179 |
| 3 | Rocket Lab | 430 |
| 4 | Relativity Space | 351 |
| 5 | K2 Space | 206 |
| 6 | True Anomaly | 182 |
| 7 | Vast | 171 |
| 8 | Voyager Technologies | 150 |
| Company | Start | End | Δ | Δ % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,158 | 2,248 | +90 | +4% |
| Voyager Technologies | 113 | 150 | +37 | +33% |
| Planet | 81 | 112 | +31 | +38% |
| Rocket Lab | 409 | 430 | +21 |
Remote-only postings (121) are excluded here and reported in the remote-share tile above.
Coverage change (2026-09-01): Blue Origin’s Workday board joined the tracker (+≈1,590 postings). Totals jump on this date reflects expanded coverage, not market hiring. Month-over-month comparisons spanning this date are affected accordingly.
The SpaceNexus Monthly Hiring Index is built from our jobs tracker, which syncs live postings daily from 16+ applicant-tracking-system (ATS) boards at space and space-adjacent companies, plus curated sources. A posting counts as active when it is live on the employer's own board at our most recent sync; postings that disappear from a board are marked inactive, and duplicates across boards are scrubbed during ingestion.
Per-company counts come from daily snapshots taken since August 13, 2026. “Active postings” is the last site-wide snapshot on or before the month's final day; “fastest movers” compares each company's first and last snapshot within the month (for this first edition that window is Aug 13–31, since snapshot history begins mid-month). “New postings” counts roles whose posted date falls inside the calendar month (UTC). Remote share and location rankings reflect currently active postings. Companies without a linked profile appear under their board's name as-is.
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SpaceNexus Monthly Hiring Index, August 2026 edition (data: SpaceNexus jobs tracker). https://spacenexus.us/hiring-index/2026-08 (retrieved 2026-09-05).
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| 9 |
| Hadrian |
| 139 |
| 10 | Planet | 112 |
| +5% |
| Muon Space | 84 | 104 | +20 | +24% |
| True Anomaly | 162 | 182 | +20 | +12% |
| Ursa Major | 87 | 100 | +13 | +15% |
| K2 Space | 193 | 206 | +13 | +7% |
| Anduril | 2,221 | 2,179 | -42 | -2% |
| Relativity Space | 370 | 351 | -19 | -5% |
| Hermeus | 88 | 76 | -12 | -14% |
| Varda Space Industries | 95 | 90 | -5 | -5% |
Window: 2026-08-13 → 2026-08-31. Companies with fewer than 5 active roles excluded.