Workforce
2016 – Indian Space Employment – Snapshot
In India, a significant amount of space activity takes place within the Department of Space, which includes the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and its government-owned commercial…
2016 – Space Employment – Snapshot
Exhibit 3U provides a snapshot of the workforce sizes in space agencies around the world. Direct comparisons among agencies should be avoided or undertaken with care, as differences…
2016 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment – Snapshot
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…
2016 – Japanese Space Industry Employment – Snapshot
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. Since that time…
2016 – European Space Agency Employment – Snapshot
At ##%, the percentage of female employees is slightly ## in the European Space Agency (ESA) than the European space workforce as a whole, but the proportion of young professionals is…
2016 – U.S. Army Space Workforce – Snapshot
The Army Space Workforce, referred to as the Space Cadre, reached ## billets in FY 2017, an increase of more than a ## from FY 2016. Although they account for less than ##% of the total, with…
2016 – U.S. National Security Workforce – Snapshot
The U.S. national security space workforce is composed of federal employees working across all branches of the Department of Defense as well as the intelligence agencies. Together, there are more…
2016 – NASA Workforce – Snapshot
Like the industry as a whole, NASA’s workforce has experienced steady ## in size. From the start of FY 1993, the earliest date for which data is available in NASA’s…
2016 – Workforce: Space Workforce
Introduction | The space industry operates at the cutting edge of technology and requires a highly skilled, highly trained workforce to build, launch, and utilize space assets. Trends in the… 2016 – U.S. Space Industry Employment
In 2015, the most recent year for which data is available, the U.S. civilian space sector included ## individuals. Employment is essentially unchanged from 2014, when ## individuals worked in this area. Longer-term trends, however, show…