Workforce
Japanese Space Workforce
2016 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) workforce remained constant from 2015 to 2016, shedding just ## employees. Of the ## space professionals working at JAXA in 2016, nearly... The Japan…
2016 – Japanese Space Industry Employment
The Japanese space workforce ## by ##% from 2014 to 2015, ## workers. This continued a trend of ## that began after a ## point for the industry in 2008.…
2015 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment
The workforce of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) remained steady, adding eight employees for an increase of approximately ##%. With slight growth in the... [exhibit:jaxa-employ]?end=2015[/exhibit] The workforce of the…
2015 – Japanese Space Industry Employment
The Japanese space workforce increased by ##% from 2013 to 2014, reaching ## workers. This is nearly ##% ## than the size of the space workforce five years prior... The…
2014 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has not shared in the workforce growth trend seen in the country as a whole. Instead, JAXA has remained relatively steady in recent years,…
2014 – Japanese Space Industry Employment
From 2012 to 2013, Japan saw a ##% decrease in its workforce, shedding about ## jobs, for a total of ## space workers in 2013. Overall employment is still well…
2011 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment
Within JAXA, ##% of employees were in technical positions as of April 2011. These included ## engineers who comprised ##% of the JAXA workforce, along with ## researchers and ##…
2011 – Japanese Space Industry Employment
According to the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies (SJAC), Japanese private-sector space employment has averaged ## jobs over the past decade. The number of Japanese private-sector space jobs was highest…
2011 – Japanese Space Workforce
As of 2011, approximately 8,400 people were employed in the Japanese space sector. These included 1,547 employees who worked at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), along with an estimated…
2008 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) employs a staff of approximately ##. A decade-long economic slowdown in Japan has led to attrition in the Japanese space workforce, as older workers…