National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Agency Code: NN · 16.9K employees · December 2025

Total Employees

16.9K

Average Salary

$153,161

Top Occupations

Aerospace Engineering
4K employees$153,824
General Engineering
3.2K employees$168,194
Management and Program Analysis
883 employees$149,019
Miscellaneous Administration and Program
882 employees$156,330
Contracting
705 employees$135,759
Electronics Engineering
651 employees$155,024
Information Technology Management
587 employees$154,410
Computer Engineering
519 employees$155,872
General Physical Science
407 employees$176,821
Astronomy and Space Science
312 employees$174,441

Top Locations

Texas

3.1K

Maryland

2.6K

Alabama

2.2K

Florida

2.1K

Virginia

1.9K

California

1.7K

Ohio

1.4K

District of Columbia

880

Mississippi

451

New Mexico

90

2025 Workforce Impact

Risk Score

48/100

Elevated

2025 Separations

1.4K

+46.4% vs 2024

RIFs (Layoffs)

13

Experience Lost

25.5K

combined years

Avg Tenure

16.8

years

Quit Rate

46.2%

of separations

Workforce Reduction

8%

of workforce separated

💰 Agency Budget (FY2025)

Budget Authority

$27.2B

Budget / Employee

$1.6M

Contract Spending

$21.3B

Grant Spending

$1.5B

Source: USASpending.gov FY2025. See all agencies →

Retirement Risk

32.6%

5.5K eligible

STEM Workforce

67.8%

11.4K STEM employees

Manager:Staff Ratio

1:5

2.8K supervisors

Age Distribution

168
783
1.4K
1.9K
2.4K
2.1K
1.9K
2.3K
2.4K
1.3K
1

Education Levels

Bachelor's Degree5.9K
Master's Degree5.6K
Doctorate Degree1.8K
Post-Bachelor's880
Post-Doctorate623
Associate Degree426
Post-Master's381
High School Graduate or Certificate of Equivalency359
Some College - Less Than One Year192
First Professional149

Subagencies

Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
3K employees$158,757
Goddard Space Flight Center
2.8K employees$162,356
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
2.2K employees$146,366
John F. Kennedy Space Center
2K employees$139,666
Headquarters, Nasa
2K employees$165,173
Langley Research Center
1.7K employees$146,389
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
1.4K employees$140,233
Ames Research Center
1.2K employees$167,344
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center
482 employees$145,308
John C. Stennis Space Center
250 employees$140,287

Separations Breakdown

7.1K total separations (FY2020–2025)

SDRetirement
4K
SCQuit
2K
SATransfer Out
611
SGTermination
147
SKDeath
110
SLOther
82
SEEarly Retirement
67
SFDisability Retirement
16
SHRIF (Reduction in Force)
13
SBTransfer Out (Mass)
1

Separations Over Time

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