How many employees work at Space Exploration?
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has 13,499 employees, according to Revelio Labs workforce intelligence data. The YoY growth rate is 6.3%.
Data source: Revelio Labs Coverage: Global workforce Latest update: December 2025
About Space Exploration
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones. It is the only private company ever to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit, which it first accomplished in December 2010. The company made history again in May 2012 when its Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station, exchanged cargo payloads, and returned safely to Earth — a technically challenging feat previously accomplished only by governments. Since then Dragon has delivered cargo to and from the space station multiple times, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA. For more information, visit www.spacex.com.
As of December 2025
Space Exploration
workforce metrics
Headcount
13.5k
Avg. Salary
$116.5k
Tenure
4.3yr
Growth Rate
6.3%
Hiring Rate
Attrition Rate
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Employee Headcount
Interactive chart of Space Exploration annual worldwide employee count from 2023 to 2025.
- Space Exploration total number of employees in 2025 was 13,482, a 6.3% increase from 2024.
- Space Exploration total number of employees in 2024 was 12,657, a 6.1% increase from 2023.
- Space Exploration total number of employees in 2023 was 11,903, a 11.9% decline from 2022.
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Employee Geographic Breakdown
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Active Job Postings
Interactive chart of Space Exploration annual active job postings from 2023 to 2025.
- Space Exploration active job postings in 2025 was 2,001, a 47.0% increase from 2024.
- Space Exploration active job postings in 2024 was 1,239, a 1.6% increase from 2023.
- Space Exploration active job postings in 2023 was 1,219, a 31.7% decline from 2022.
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Employee Sentiment
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