Here's how to break into the Texas space industry

Texas ranks as the top US state for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, evaluated on industry growth, local economy and tax policies. National employment for aerospace engineers is projected to grow faster than average between 2023 and 2033, with thousands of annual openings. Proposed NASA budget cuts may reverberate through the industry but are likely to be softened by the United States' large military spending; about one-quarter of that spending goes to aerospace and defence. Texas's economy benefits from a strong commercial space cluster—18 major aerospace firms—and increased investment from the Texas Space Commission. State subsidies and reinvested extraction fees lower in-state college tuition by roughly US$1,500 below the national average.

They say everything is bigger in Texas - and the aerospace industry is no different. A report published this year by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ranked Texas as the top US state for aerospace manufacturing attractiveness. PwC, a multinational services firm based in London, scores each state on metrics such as industry growth, the local economy and tax policies. The sector itself is expanding; the US Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that countrywide employment for aerospace engineers will grow faster than average between 2023 and 2033,

Although proposed NASA budget cuts from the administration of US President Donald Trump, which are due to be ratified later this year, will probably reverberate across the industry, they are likely to be ameliorated by the country's status as the global leader in military spending. One-quarter of that spending is devoted to the aerospace and defence sector, according to PwC.

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