The median age of NASA employees is 47, with 80% over 40. Newly hired workers have a median age of 41. The average age during the first moon missions was 28. The increase in age is due to job options in private space companies and reduced emphasis on new missions. The number of NASA workers decreased by 30% from 1994 to 2014.
Eighty percent of National Aeronautic Space Administration (NASA) employees were over the age of 40, with the median age of workers at 47, according to 2009 reports. The median age of newly hired NASA workers is 41 years. By comparison, the average age of NASA employees during the first moon travel missions in the 1960s was 28. This change in the average age of NASA employees is thought to be due to an increase in job options for aeronautical engineers, such as in private space companies, since the 1960s. The reduced emphasis on new space missions is also considered a reason for a decline in recent graduates from applying with NASA; however, on average, at least 500 students train or work there during college.
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More than 18,000 civil service employees work for NASA, as well as more than 40,000 grant recipients and contract workers.
The number of NASA workers decreased by almost 30% from 1994 to 2014.
Nearly a fifth of all NASA employees are over the age of 65 and are estimated to be able to retire in the United States.
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