Learn about major aerospace and defense industry job markets as well as defense cities you might not have heard of before. Find out what security clearance jobs are in demand and the salary they command.
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Best East Coast Cities for Security Clearance Jobs Cleared jobs in defense and intelligence include Washington, D.C., Arlington, McLean, Alexandria, Fairfax, Norfolk, Suffolk, Baltimore, Bethesda, Boston and more. |
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Best West Coast Cities for Security Clearance Jobs San Diego and Los Angeles are at the top of the list when it comes to jobs requiring security clearance in the defense industry and intelligence community. |
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Best Southwest Cities for Security Clearance Jobs Security-cleared job opportunities within the defense and aerospace industry can be found in Phoenix, Tucson, Colorado Springs, Dallas and Fort Worth. |
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Best Southeast Cities for Security Clearance Jobs Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando, and Huntsville are just a few of the hotspots in the Southeast for security-cleared jobs. |
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Omaha Growing Fields of Opportunity in Defense, Cyber The heart of the global cyber mission takes place right outside of Omaha at the United States Strategic Command. |
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Seattle Unexpected Defense Industry Stronghold The Puget Sound region includes Ft Lewis-McChord, a joint base merged by 2005 BRAC and 3rd largest military installation in the nation. |
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Detroit is Moving Defense Jobs Forward Detroit still has more engineers per capita than anywhere in the country, but opportunities are expanding in other sectors. |
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Local Defense Industry Buoys Recovery in Gulfport-Biloxi At Keesler AFB, 20,000 students are enrolled in the Air Force's training program in electronics and cybersecurity there. |
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Cyber Jobs Flourish in New York Region Computer scientists at the Air Force Research Lab engineered one of the world's fastest super computers by linking together 1,716 Playstation 3s. |