European Space Workforce

Workforce: Domestic and International Space Industry Employment

Introduction | The global space industry employs hundreds of thousands of highly skilled individuals to design, produce, and operate cutting-edge technology. This dynamic workforce contributes to local economies, with clusters…

Workforce: Space Workforce

Introduction | The global space industry employs hundreds of thousands of individuals in well-paid cutting-edge technology jobs, and it relies on a pool of highly qualified workers to fill new…

2014 – European Space Industry Employment

Each year, Eurospace, an association of the European space manufacturing industry, carries out a survey of the European space industry. The survey focuses on design, development, and manufacturing; it does…

2016 – European Space Agency Employment – Snapshot

At 26.5%, the percentage of female employees is slightly higher in the European Space Agency (ESA) than the European space workforce as a whole, but the proportion of young professionals…

In 2015, the survey included new companies, resulting in more than ## additional workers. More than half of the newly added workers were in Spain, with the rest falling in…

2012 – European Space Agency Employment

The European Space Agency (ESA) employs a staff of about ##, more than half of which are scientists, engineers, or astronauts. About ##% of the workforce is under 35, a…

2012 – European Space Industry Employment

The European space workforce includes workers from ## European countries across three segments of the industry: spacecraft, launch, and ground. The five countries with the largest workforces, France, Germany, Italy,…

2013 – European Space Agency Employment

The European Space Agency (ESA) has a staff of ## employees. About half of these individuals work as engineers, scientists, or astronauts. Women make up about a quarter of ESA…

2013 – European Space Industry Employment

Space employment in Europe has increased for the seventh year in a row, adding about ## employees from 2011 to 2012, an increase of ##%. European space employment is ##%…

2017 – European Space Agency Employment

Women make up 21.6% of the European space workforce, a slight increase from 2015, when they accounted for 20.0%. The age distribution of space workers in Europe appears healthy, with…