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Employment 
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, aerospace engineers hold about 90,000 jobs. This represents 6% of the 1.5 million jobs held by engineers in the U.S.

Most aerospace engineers worked in the aerospace product and parts manufacturing industries. Federal Government agencies, primarily the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, provided 10 percent of jobs. Architectural, engineering and related services, scientific research and development services, and navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing industry firms accounted for most of the remaining jobs.

Employers
The following is a partial list of employers of Aerospace Engineers:

Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Photos are courtesy of NASA.