Avionics Compensation Across Frontier Tech

Median total compensation by company, ranked. Sourced from disclosed salary bands on active job postings + verified community submissions across space, AI, robotics, and defense.

Company	Median TC	Median Base	Locations	Reports
Sabi FRONTIER	$350K	$300K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$336K	$226K	1	3
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$260K	$250K	2	3
Earnin FRONTIER	$255K	$229K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$250K	$240K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$235K	$205K	1	1
BootLoop AI	$230K	$180K	1	1
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$230K	$180K	1	1
Edgerun DEFENSE	$219K	$180K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$206K	$182K	1	1
Gridware FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	1	1
Patch AI	$203K	$175K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$197K	$176K	3	8
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$195K	$135K	2	21
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	1	1
Boeing SPACE	$194K	$165K	2	5
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$193K	$166K	6	43
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$192K	$182K	1	1
AIM Intelligent Machines ROBOTICS	$190K	$170K	1	1
Ultra ROBOTICS	$188K	$150K	1	1
Yubico FRONTIER	$188K	$175K	1	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$185K	$148K	1	26
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$183K	$170K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$181K	$148K	1	2
Archer Aviation SPACE	$179K	$152K	1	4
Outpost SPACE	$177K	$156K	0	2
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$175K	$135K	0	5
Shield AI DEFENSE	$171K	$122K	2	27
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$170K	$140K	1	9
Tennr AI	$170K	$160K	1	2
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Orbital Operations SPACE	$170K	$140K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$169K	$142K	4	7
Red Canyon Software SPACE	$166K	$125K	0	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	19
Method Security AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$164K	$130K	1	10
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$161K	$129K	2	3
Hermeus DEFENSE	$161K	$139K	2	12
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$159K	$127K	3	8
Momentus SPACE	$158K	$140K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$157K	$131K	6	123
Exowatt FRONTIER	$155K	$125K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$154K	$112K	1	30
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$154K	$120K	1	3
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$153K	$130K	1	5
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) SPACE	$150K	$125K	1	1
GITAI SPACE	$143K	$125K	1	3
Lumius FRONTIER	$140K	$120K	1	1
Artifact AI	$138K	$95K	1	1
Steinmetz FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	2
Airhart Aeronautics ROBOTICS	$136K	$123K	1	2
Varda Space SPACE	$136K	$120K	1	11
Rendezvous Robotics ROBOTICS	$135K	$115K	0	4
Rocket Lab SPACE	$134K	$113K	3	24
Apex Space AI	$134K	$108K	1	12
Ursa Major SPACE	$133K	$118K	0	9
Wardstone DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	1	2
Reditus Space SPACE	$128K	$110K	1	1
Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate) ROBOTICS	$125K	$100K	1	1
Neuralink FRONTIER	$123K	$91K	3	4
SpaceX SPACE	$123K	$105K	5	42
Cresta AI	$120K	$100K	0	1
ClearML AI	$120K	$110K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$113K	$92K	1	6
Stoke Space SPACE	$111K	$89K	1	2
Triomics AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Astranis SPACE	$100K	$100K	1	25
BotBuilt ROBOTICS	$95K	$80K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$94K	$62K	1	1
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$91K	$91K	0	4
Overview ROBOTICS	$83K	$60K	1	2
Buoyant Aero ROBOTICS	$73K	$42K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$68K	$56K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$62K	$52K	1	1
Dispatch SPACE	$62K	$62K	1	1
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	1	1
Human Archive ROBOTICS	$32K	$24K	0	2
Measured AI	$28K	$24K	1	1

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