Workforce
2014 – NASA Workforce
At the start of fiscal year (FY) 2015, NASA had 17,731 employees. Since FY 2011, NASA’s workforce has declined by 5.4%, a loss of just over 1,000 employees. This decrease…
2014 – U.S. Space Industry Employment
Each quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes data on employment and salaries within U.S. establishments as reported by employers. This census includes 98% of U.S. jobs, making…
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 arm, the Antrix…
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 in size…
2016 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Employment – Snapshot
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) workforce remained constant from 2015 to 2016, shedding just eight employees. Of the 1,529 space professionals working at JAXA in 2016, nearly 70% were…
2016 – Japanese Space Industry Employment – Snapshot
The Japanese space workforce grew by 5.1% from 2014 to 2015, adding 423 workers. This continued a trend of growth that began after a low point for the industry in…
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…
2016 – U.S. Army Space Workforce – Snapshot
The Army Space Workforce, referred to as the Space Cadre, reached 4,581 billets in FY 2017, an increase of more than a third from FY 2016. Although they account for…
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 decreases in size. From the start of FY 1993, the earliest date for which data is available in NASA’s…