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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 2026-10-19: 10,134 job postings on employers’ own job boards (+183 vs. last week), 729 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
10,134 job postings on the space employers’ job boards we track, 4,784 of them at private, pre-IPO companies right now (+183 vs. last week). 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 2026-10-19 (2026-10-12 → 2026-10-19).
| Metric | This week |
|---|---|
| Open roles on employers’ own job boards | 10,134 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 4,784 |
| New roles this week | 729 |
| Week-over-week change | +183 |
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 | 2,719 |
| Blue Origin | 1,823 |
| Rocket Lab | 581 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 423 |
| Relativity Space | 369 |
| AST SpaceMobile | 244 |
| K2 Space | 234 |
| Impulse Space | 213 |
| True Anomaly | 205 |
| Sierra Space | 204 |
729 roles were first posted on employers’ own job boards in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $157,500, based on 552 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.