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	$360K	$276K	1	4
Sabi FRONTIER	$350K	$300K	1	1
Aurora Innovation AI	$246K	$189K	1	1
Sesame AI	$241K	$183K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$237K	$184K	1	2
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
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$222K	$191K	5	38
Heron Power FRONTIER	$215K	$170K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$211K	$169K	4	14
Terran Orbital SPACE	$208K	$185K	1	2
Gridware FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	1	1
Patch AI	$203K	$175K	1	1
Turion Space SPACE	$200K	$175K	1	3
Archer Aviation SPACE	$198K	$175K	1	4
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	1	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$194K	$180K	1	1
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$192K	$182K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$190K	$165K	1	1
Yubico FRONTIER	$188K	$175K	1	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$186K	$160K	1	2
Relativity Space SPACE	$185K	$148K	0	27
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$185K	$155K	0	3
Varda Space SPACE	$185K	$170K	1	9
Embedder AI	$185K	$120K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$180K	$175K	0	1
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$179K	$140K	1	3
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$175K	$160K	0	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$174K	$128K	2	22
SpotOn FRONTIER	$173K	$120K	2	2
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$172K	$117K	3	4
Shield AI DEFENSE	$171K	$122K	1	15
Tennr AI	$170K	$160K	1	1
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$167K	$139K	1	10
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$166K	$145K	1	6
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	12
VIDA Digital Identity FRONTIER	$165K	$160K	0	1
Muon Space SPACE	$165K	$131K	2	2
IonQ FRONTIER	$164K	$144K	2	2
Capella Space SPACE	$164K	$146K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$160K	$120K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$159K	$139K	2	16
Blue Origin SPACE	$157K	$131K	7	102
Exowatt FRONTIER	$155K	$125K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$154K	$112K	1	26
Icarus Industries SPACE	$150K	$110K	1	2
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) SPACE	$150K	$125K	1	1
BlackSky SPACE	$148K	$135K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$143K	$118K	3	14
Sierra Space SPACE	$141K	$119K	2	13
SpaceX SPACE	$139K	$128K	7	56
Steinmetz FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	2
CesiumAstro SPACE	$135K	$119K	2	6
Ursa Major SPACE	$135K	$120K	0	1
Wardstone DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	1	2
Reditus Space SPACE	$128K	$110K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$124K	$101K	1	9
Neuralink FRONTIER	$123K	$91K	3	4
Stoke Space SPACE	$123K	$105K	2	7
Boeing SPACE	$122K	$99K	1	3
ClearML AI	$120K	$110K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$120K	$90K	1	1
Triomics AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Starling AI	$100K	$85K	1	1
BotBuilt ROBOTICS	$95K	$80K	1	1
Lumius FRONTIER	$95K	$80K	0	1
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$86K	$86K	0	3
Overview ROBOTICS	$83K	$60K	1	2
Astranis SPACE	$78K	$75K	1	12
JPL SPACE	$73K	$64K	1	1
Buoyant Aero ROBOTICS	$73K	$42K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$69K	$57K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$62K	$52K	1	1
Human Archive ROBOTICS	$32K	$25K	0	2
Measured AI	$28K	$24K	1	1

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