Washington state is the birthplace of American aerospace, home to Boeing, Blue Origin, SpaceX, and over 900 aerospace companies producing $71 billion in annual revenues. With 194,000 workers, the largest aerospace supply chain in the U.S., and a growing space economy, Washington is where aerospace careers take flight.
From the world's largest commercial jet maker to the new frontier of private spaceflight, Washington hosts the full aerospace spectrum.
Boeing
For over a century, Boeing has anchored Washington’s aerospace industry, employing 66,000+ people. With 6,156 aircraft on order, years of work lie ahead, and every Boeing jet that starts and ends with 7 has been built in Washington.
SpaceX – Starlink
SpaceX operates a major Starlink satellite design and manufacturing facility in Redmond, one of the largest satellite factories in the world. With over 6,000 Starlink satellites in orbit, the Redmond campus is central to the world's biggest satellite constellation.
Blue Origin
Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos and based in Kent, Washington, builds the New Shepard and New Glenn rockets and is working with NASA on the Artemis lunar lander.
