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U.S. Space Industry Core Employment, 2011-2021

Core employment in 5 key space sectors continued to grow in 2021. These employment levels do not reflect all employment in the U.S. space industry, but rather, track employment in key sectors most closely associated with U.S. space employment.

U.S. Employment and Space-Related Employment, Jan. 2020-July 2021

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the space industry also had a slower initial recovery than total employment (0.96% compared to 3.1% in May 2020) before maintaining growth at a near constant rate since July 2020.

Indian Department of Space Employment, 2011-2020

A large proportion of the workforce — 76% — is made up of technical employees. In 2020, women made up 19.5% of the space workforce and 16.1% of the technical workforce.

JAXA Workforce, 2010-2020

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) employed 1,558 people in 2020, approximately the same number as in 2019. Engineers and researchers account for 70.1% of this total.

European Space Industry Employment, 2010-2020

The European space workforce included 50,388 workers in 2020, an increase of 3.3% from the 48,766 workers in 2019. The largest increases were seen in . . .

Japanese Space Industry Employment, 2009-2019

According to the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies, the Japanese space workforce included 8,725 workers in 2019. . . More than 70% of these workers are in the space vehicle sector. While this sector decreased 1.9% from 2018 to 2019, it remains nearly 10% larger than it was five years ago.