Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
91
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Rockets and spacecraft
Founded
24 years ago
May 6, 2002
HQ
Brownsville, Texas
Employees
22,000
TrueUp
Rank
#96
Valuation
$2.66 trillion
TrueUp
Rank
#5
Company type
Public$SPCX
Tags
SpaceX is a Rockets and spacecraft company with 1,771 job openings. It is currently valued at $2,656 billion as a public company. 22,000 people work at SpaceX. The company was founded in 2002.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
🚀
🐢
😊
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Jobs
Open jobs
1,771
TrueUp
Rank
#14
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
456
(26%)
2.
Engineering (Hardware)
298
(17%)
3.
Vertical Specific
62
(4%)
4.
Supply Chain
59
(3%)
5.
Data & Analytics
47
(3%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
1,761
(99%)
2.
🇺🇸 Austin
641
(36%)
3.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles
522
(29%)
4.
🇺🇸 Seattle
356
(20%)
5.
🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
76
(4%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Python
566
(32%)
2.
C++
312
(18%)
3.
SQL
258
(15%)
4.
Linux
170
(10%)
5.
Power BI
110
(6%)
Financials
Revenue
$19billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#47
SpaceX's revenue would rank #134 among country GDPs
#133
Botswana$19 B
#134
SpaceX$19 B
#135
Moldova$18 B
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
15.4%
TrueUp
Rank
#235
MULTIPLES
Valuation per employee
$100.0 million
TrueUp
Rank
#1
Revenue per employee
$0.9 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
68%
2,000+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 56% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Elon Musk
71%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Company culture links
People
Employees
22,000
Source: Public data
SpaceX Org Chart

Rankings and awards
Lenny 100
2026
Axios Harris Poll
Corporate reputation: 'Good'
2026
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
New Frontiers
2026
Enterprise Tech 30
Giga Stage
2026
Layoffs
Jan 2019 · 7 years ago
577 impacted
External research
History
Associated billionaires(Sources: Forbes, Bloomberg, Wikipedia)
$784.8B - Elon Musk
$1.3B - Gwynne Shotwell
IPO date
Jun 12, 2026
7 days ago
Top owners at IPO
51.2% - Elon Musk
0.1% - Gwynne Shotwell
0.1% - Bret Johnsen
4.0% - Valor Equity Partners
0.3% - Founders Fund
Founder ownership at IPO
51.2%
Implied founder equity split
100% - Elon Musk
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