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Compensation data for frontier tech

Real salaries from H1B filings, public bands, and community submissions across space, AI, robotics, and defense.

22,672 paid roles
1,639 hiring companies
16 positions tracked

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Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

AI
$215k
2,157 jobs · 609 companies
VC
$208k
7 jobs · 5 companies
ROBOTICS
$193k
126 jobs · 35 companies
FRONTIER
$197k
935 jobs · 210 companies
DEFENSE
$193k
781 jobs · 31 companies
SPACE
$176k
916 jobs · 73 companies

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Median base salary (USD) by company × position

Annualized base from active job postings · jobs in chip below each cell

CompanyBusiness & FinanceSoftwareOperationsSales & MarketingPeople & HRAerospace EngineeringLegal & ComplianceTechnicianSecurityDesignMechanicalSupply ChainManufacturingElectricalAvionicsResearchTotal
Alpaca Health logo
Alpaca Health
FRONTIER
$195k
207
$225k
3
$100k
10
$85k
42
$49k
110
$115k
3
376
Anduril Industries logo
Anduril Industries
DEFENSE
$170k
117
$193k
462
$150k
140
$172k
15
$148k
77
$170k
319
$170k
25
$95k
67
$150k
35
$193k
8
$170k
145
$150k
138
$150k
226
$170k
208
$222k
35
$193k
9
2026
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
AI
$296k
92
$403k
128
$345k
35
$295k
78
$270k
9
$600k
44
$300k
16
$335k
7
$308k
70
$363k
3
$328k
5
$363k
8
$363k
5
$376k
4
$358k
17
522
Blue Origin logo
Blue Origin
SPACE
$149k
39
$203k
107
$151k
20
$181k
6
$134k
22
$157k
359
$188k
9
$75k
46
$125k
6
$98k
7
$145k
120
$134k
23
$119k
74
$173k
55
$157k
111
$145k
3
1007
Boeing logo
Boeing
SPACE
$144k
7
$160k
24
$126k
6
$168k
62
$80k
12
$140k
7
$131k
10
$128k
4
$130k
30
$122k
9
$118k
5
179
Databricks logo
Databricks
AI
$216k
104
$215k
144
$212k
11
$216k
54
$168k
6
$216k
103
$235k
7
$221k
4
$224k
8
$216k
13
$214k
4
463
Fivetran logo
Fivetran
AI
$179k
50
$192k
37
$146k
21
$167k
15
$127k
5
$210k
9
$193k
5
$227k
4
$239k
4
152
Harvey AI logo
Harvey AI
AI
$190k
56
$243k
60
$194k
24
$179k
62
$154k
10
$236k
4
$270k
30
$235k
11
$203k
11
273
Legion Health logo
Legion Health
AI
$225k
139
$220k
4
$225k
3
150
menta logo
menta
SPACE
$65k
149
$47k
7
$47k
5
$68k
3
169
Northrop Grumman logo
Northrop Grumman
SPACE
$118k
27
$143k
26
$143k
15
$143k
71
$183k
4
$61k
11
$95k
3
$98k
4
$106k
12
$90k
11
$143k
8
$178k
7
203
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
AI
$260k
78
$336k
197
$260k
67
$288k
76
$247k
19
$314k
65
$293k
16
$260k
5
$302k
43
$278k
14
$276k
13
$228k
7
$289k
4
$295k
13
$336k
3
$398k
33
653
Palantir Technologies logo
Palantir Technologies
DEFENSE
$121k
36
$168k
102
$125k
16
$156k
8
$105k
5
$118k
7
$118k
21
$168k
21
$140k
12
$105k
3
231
Relativity Space logo
Relativity Space
SPACE
$142k
7
$192k
22
$138k
8
$160k
55
$165k
78
$129k
10
$148k
40
$185k
9
$185k
26
$192k
3
265
Rocket Lab logo
Rocket Lab
SPACE
$177k
23
$193k
41
$91k
7
$93k
5
$171k
71
$73k
8
$155k
41
$111k
17
$121k
19
$175k
17
$135k
19
273
Scale AI logo
Scale AI
AI
$213k
33
$239k
48
$207k
8
$195k
18
$237k
14
$185k
5
$151k
3
$253k
6
$240k
4
$243k
13
155
Shield AI logo
Shield AI
DEFENSE
$135k
31
$202k
73
$150k
18
$165k
15
$170k
6
$190k
64
$235k
3
$133k
13
$189k
7
$200k
3
$171k
52
$125k
11
$190k
23
$115k
18
$162k
20
$175k
3
360
Sierra AI logo
Sierra AI
SPACE
$275k
50
$296k
76
$209k
12
$226k
31
$180k
4
$345k
3
$263k
4
$210k
3
$214k
5
188
Sierra Space logo
Sierra Space
SPACE
$152k
40
$150k
26
$141k
8
$93k
5
$141k
42
$161k
5
$72k
11
$131k
14
$108k
31
$125k
22
$175k
8
$138k
13
229
SpaceX logo
SpaceX
SPACE
$110k
81
$143k
283
$130k
66
$150k
67
$108k
14
$139k
140
$160k
23
$57k
103
$143k
49
$109k
126
$112k
78
$105k
93
$125k
79
$136k
40
1244
The Aerospace Corporation logo
The Aerospace Corporation
SPACE
$149k
32
$147k
23
$147k
10
$185k
4
$178k
193
$159k
5
$72k
5
$165k
24
$147k
19
$114k
4
$155k
14
$167k
4
$122k
9
350
True Anomaly logo
True Anomaly
DEFENSE
$255k
6
$213k
29
$193k
8
$164k
26
$219k
4
$206k
4
$148k
28
$100k
11
$144k
10
$188k
20
156
Vast logo
Vast
SPACE
$133k
20
$183k
14
$167k
7
$149k
3
$117k
5
$154k
26
$58k
5
$164k
3
$167k
37
$131k
5
$130k
11
$160k
4
$154k
21
163
Waymo logo
Waymo
FRONTIER
$212k
55
$238k
143
$191k
15
$198k
9
$195k
4
$223k
27
$224k
13
$319k
5
$171k
6
$257k
11
$197k
14
$239k
3
$178k
6
$238k
14
328
Zipline logo
Zipline
ROBOTICS
$125k
19
$195k
37
$71k
16
$146k
9
$155k
19
$185k
8
$87k
15
$173k
26
$156k
7
$118k
8
$183k
17
$157k
8
193

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