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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 2026-10-26: 10,967 job postings on employers’ own job boards, 804 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
10,967 job postings on the space employers’ job boards we track, 5,632 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 2026-10-26 (2026-10-19 → 2026-10-26).
Coverage note (2026-10-23): 25 employers joined the tracker (+667 postings: Fortastra, Constellr, Arinna, NewOrbit, Constellation Space, Helogen, Nebex, Foundational and 17 more). Leonardo's Telespazio roles are now counted under Telespazio (−19 postings for Leonardo). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring. No week-over-week change is shown this week for that reason.
Coverage note (2026-10-25): 3 employers joined the tracker (+51 postings: GHGSat, NorthStar Earth & Space, ClearSpace). Totals moving on this date reflect what we track, not market hiring. No week-over-week change is shown this week for that reason.
Coverage note (2026-10-26): Slingshot Aerospace joined the tracker (+11 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 | 10,967 |
| At private / pre-IPO companies | 5,632 |
| New roles this week | 804 |
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 | 2,763 |
| Blue Origin | 1,816 |
| Rocket Lab | 560 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 460 |
| Relativity Space | 397 |
| Thales Alenia Space | 314 |
| AST SpaceMobile | 259 |
| K2 Space | 240 |
| Impulse Space | 216 |
| True Anomaly | 206 |
804 roles were first posted on employers’ own job boards in the last seven days.
Notable new roles:
Median disclosed salary is $160,000, based on 555 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.