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
OpenAI AI	$369K	$293K	1	5
Sabi FRONTIER	$350K	$300K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$260K	$250K	2	3
Anthropic AI	$250K	$240K	1	1
Aurora Innovation AI	$246K	$189K	1	1
Turion Space SPACE	$237K	$200K	1	1
BootLoop AI	$230K	$180K	1	1
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$230K	$180K	1	1
Zettascale AI	$225K	$150K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$223K	$194K	1	1
Gridware FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	1	1
Heron Power FRONTIER	$205K	$170K	1	1
Patch AI	$203K	$175K	1	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$195K	$170K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$193K	$166K	5	33
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$192K	$182K	1	1
AIM Intelligent Machines ROBOTICS	$190K	$170K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$190K	$152K	2	6
Ultra ROBOTICS	$188K	$150K	1	1
Yubico FRONTIER	$188K	$175K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$186K	$165K	1	8
Relativity Space SPACE	$185K	$148K	1	31
Archer Aviation SPACE	$184K	$163K	1	4
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$183K	$145K	0	4
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$183K	$170K	1	1
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$181K	$140K	1	2
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$181K	$148K	1	2
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$176K	$143K	1	8
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$175K	$160K	0	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$174K	$128K	2	20
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$172K	$117K	3	3
Shield AI DEFENSE	$171K	$122K	1	19
Muon Space SPACE	$170K	$138K	2	3
Zipline ROBOTICS	$170K	$130K	1	5
Tennr AI	$170K	$160K	1	2
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Orbital Operations SPACE	$170K	$140K	1	1
Red Canyon Software SPACE	$166K	$125K	0	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$166K	$145K	1	6
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	13
Capella Space SPACE	$164K	$146K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$163K	$139K	2	15
GITAI SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	2
Vast SPACE	$158K	$120K	1	27
Blue Origin SPACE	$157K	$131K	7	119
Exowatt FRONTIER	$155K	$125K	1	1
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) SPACE	$150K	$125K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$146K	$112K	1	11
Outpost SPACE	$140K	$130K	0	3
Steinmetz FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	2
Astranis SPACE	$136K	$120K	1	4
SpaceX SPACE	$136K	$125K	6	38
Rocket Lab SPACE	$135K	$115K	3	14
Ursa Major SPACE	$135K	$120K	0	9
Boeing SPACE	$135K	$111K	1	4
Airhart Aeronautics ROBOTICS	$133K	$120K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$132K	$111K	3	14
IonQ FRONTIER	$131K	$107K	1	1
Wardstone DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	1	2
Dispatch SPACE	$130K	$100K	1	1
Reditus Space SPACE	$128K	$110K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$125K	$113K	1	1
Neuralink FRONTIER	$123K	$91K	3	4
Stoke Space SPACE	$123K	$105K	2	7
Cresta AI	$120K	$100K	0	1
Rendezvous Robotics ROBOTICS	$113K	$88K	0	2
Triomics AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Lumius FRONTIER	$105K	$90K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$105K	$97K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$104K	$83K	1	6
Starling AI	$100K	$85K	1	1
BotBuilt ROBOTICS	$95K	$80K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$88K	$83K	1	1
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$86K	$86K	0	3
Overview ROBOTICS	$83K	$60K	1	2
Buoyant Aero ROBOTICS	$73K	$42K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$70K	$58K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$62K	$52K	1	1
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	1	1
SpotOn FRONTIER	$51K	$46K	1	1
Human Archive ROBOTICS	$32K	$25K	0	2
Measured AI	$28K	$24K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
OpenAI	$309k–$415k	4
Anduril Industries	$145k–$193k	14
Relativity Space	$126k–$189k	12
Hermeus	$124k–$180k	8
Vast	$110k–$175k	19
Blue Origin	$121k–$169k	69
Xona Space Systems	$130k–$163k	4
True Anomaly	$88k–$160k	8
Varda Space	$119k–$160k	3
Apex Space	$108k–$160k	8

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