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Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-23: 9,118 active listings (+193 vs. last week), 869 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
9,118 active job listings, 5,763 of them at private, pre-IPO companies across the space industry right now: +193 vs. last week. Hiring activity below covers the seven days ending 2026-09-23 (2026-09-16 → 2026-09-23).
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Active job listings | 9,118 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 5,763 |
| New listings this week | 869 |
| Week-over-week change | +193 |
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| SpaceX | 2,549 |
| Anduril | 2,345 |
| Blue Origin | 1,703 |
| Rocket Lab | 518 |
| Relativity Space | 340 |
| K2 Space | 245 |
| Vast | 205 |
| True Anomaly | 184 |
| Voyager Technologies | 178 |
| Hadrian | 142 |
869 listings were first posted in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $163,000, based on 129 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.