Week in Space Data, every Friday.
Every SpaceNexus brief in one place: the weekly State of the Space Economy, Who's Hiring in Space and Regulatory Radar data briefs, each computed from our trackers. Filterable, newest first.
Weekly briefs were paused March–July 2026 and resumed in August 2026 on an automated weekly cadence. Historic editions from before the pause are preserved below.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-02: 8,437 active listings (+1,796 vs. last week), 2,333 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
8,437 active job listings, 5,365 of them at private, pre-IPO companies across the space industry right now: +1,796 vs. last week. Hiring activity below covers the seven days ending 2026-09-02 (2026-08-26 → 2026-09-02).
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Active job listings | 8,437 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 5,365 |
| New listings this week | 2,333 |
| Week-over-week change | +1,796 |
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,265 |
| Anduril | 2,201 |
| Blue Origin | 1,586 |
| Rocket Lab | 449 |
| Relativity Space | 348 |
| K2 Space | 215 |
| True Anomaly | 184 |
| Vast | 183 |
| Voyager Technologies | 160 |
| Hadrian | 143 |
2,333 listings were first posted in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $147,500, based on 197 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.