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Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
OSHA: 6 insp.Injuries: 3 yrLabor: no recordImmigration: 4 LCAContracts: $3.5B
Across the sources on this site, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Hawthorne, California) appears in 6 OSHA inspections, 4 labor condition applications, 1 PERM application, a federal contract recipient profile and 3 years of injury summaries.
OSHA opened 6 inspections at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. sites in California since 2016, issuing 4 citations, 2 of them classified serious, willful or repeat. Current penalties total $24,285, $4,048 per inspection, close to the national figure of $3,754. No citation is recorded as contested.
On its 2025 Form 300A summary the employer reported 8,282 employees and 156 recordable cases, a total recordable case rate of 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, lower than the pooled rate for its industry (2.9; median establishment 2.1).
It filed 4 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 4 worker positions. The median offered wage is $158,312 a year against a median prevailing wage of $144,643, above the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($121,459). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (50% of filings).
OFLC records 1 PERM labor certification application from the employer; the employer reported 7,079 employees on payroll.
USAspending lists Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as a parent recipient of $3.5B in federal contract obligations over the latest twelve months.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
Inspections by year
Compared with industry, state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 336 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $4,048 | $5,702 | $3,729 | $3,754 |
| Share of inspections with a contested citation | 0% | — | 27% | 8% |
| Share of inspections with final orders on every citation | 50% | — | 59% | 56% |
Inspections with no citations count as "issued" with zero citations. Industry and state figures cover every inspection in the enforcement data since 2016, including employers without a page.
Citations by standard
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 3203(A) | — | 1 |
| 3328(A)(1) | — | 1 |
| 4184(B) | — | 1 |
| 3203(A)(4) | — | 1 |
Standard numbers as the record labels them (29 CFR section; 5(a)(1) is the General Duty Clause). State-plan agencies such as Cal/OSHA cite their own codes, which appear here as recorded. Counted from the first twelve citations of each inspection.
Inspections
| Opened | Type | Scope | Citations | Current penalty | Status | Cited standards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 2026 | Unprogrammed related · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 13 Nov 2023 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed | |
| 23 Feb 2022 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 2 (1 S/W/R) | $18,475 | Final order | 3203(A), 3328(A)(1) (Serious) |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 1 (1 S/W/R) | $5,060 | Final order | 4184(B) (Serious) |
| 2 May 2017 | Accident · Safety | Partial | 1 | $750 | Final order | 3203(A)(4) |
| 22 Mar 2017 | Complaint · Health | Partial | 0 | — | Case closed |
Status is per inspection: "Contested" when any citation has a contest date and "Final order" when every citation has a final order date; "Issued" otherwise. Violation types: S serious, W willful, R repeat. Each date links to the inspection detail on osha.gov.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
Injury rate vs industry
Total recordable case rate for 2025. The industry median is the median rate across establishments with at least 20,000 hours in NAICS 336 (quartiles 0.3–4.6); "overall" rates pool all hours and cases.
By year
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Hours | Deaths | Days away | Restricted/transfer | Other | TRC rate | DART rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | 7,850 | 18,342,818 | 0 | 41 | 32 | 85 | 1.7 | 0.8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8,090 | 19,839,966 | 0 | 26 | 37 | 87 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8,282 | 21,040,843 | 0 | 29 | 31 | 96 | 1.5 | 0.6 |
Figures sum every establishment filed under this employer name in California. Rates are blank where fewer than 2,000 hours were reported.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 25%Level II 25%Level III 50%Level IV 0%Not stated 0%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 17-2071 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $158,312 | $121,459 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | —–— | $98,550–$151,433 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 50% | 49% | 42% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Electrical Engineers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineer II | 1 | — |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 | — |
| Aviation Integration Engineer | 1 | — |
| Sr. Wifi & RF Compliance Test Engineer | 1 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineers | 3 | $121,459 |
| Software Developers | 1 | $138,494 |
Worksite states
California 2 · Massachusetts 1 · Texas 1
Visa classes: H-1B 4. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (California); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Propulsion Development Engineer | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineers | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
USAspending lists Space Exploration Technologies Corp. among the 3,903 largest federal contract recipients. The full award list is on the recipient profile.
Contract obligations by fiscal year
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Obligations, FY2021–2026 | Share of the agencies shown |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $7.8B | 53% |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $6.9B | 47% |
| Department of State | $12M | 0% |
| Department of Commerce | $1.4M | 0% |
| Department of Justice | $600K | 0% |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $469K | 0% |
The USAspending name is matched to this employer by normalised company name across all states; the total covers the whole company.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Space Exploration Technologies Corp.?
Yes. OSHA records 6 inspections at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. sites in California since 2016, most recently opened 28 Apr 2026.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
4 citations with current penalties totalling $24,285. 3 inspections have a final order on every citation, 0 have a contested citation and 3 are recorded as issued. Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Space Exploration Technologies Corp.?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 4 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 4 were certified. The median offered wage is $158,312 a year; the most common job title is Electrical Engineer II.
Does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 1 PERM application in fiscal years 2024–2026, 1 of them certified.
Does Space Exploration Technologies Corp. hold federal contracts?
USAspending lists it among the largest contract recipients, with $3.5B obligated over the latest twelve months (recipient level: parent); the largest awarding agency is the Department of Defense.
Have there been union elections at Space Exploration Technologies Corp.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.