Design 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
Anthropic AI	$345K	$305K	1	5
Worldcoin AI	$333K	$306K	1	1
ClearML AI	$325K	$300K	1	1
OfferUp FRONTIER	$317K	$291K	1	2
Replit AI	$313K	$275K	1	1
Chariot AI	$313K	$275K	1	1
Aaru FRONTIER	$304K	$255K	1	2
SpotOn FRONTIER	$298K	$275K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$278K	$245K	2	15
Profound AI	$277K	$232K	1	2
Glean AI	$275K	$250K	1	1
Abridge AI	$265K	$240K	2	6
Scale AI AI	$263K	$234K	1	3
OpenRouter AI	$263K	$245K	0	3
Generate FRONTIER	$263K	$250K	1	1
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$259K	$231K	2	2
Kindred AI	$258K	$230K	1	1
Runway AI	$255K	$220K	0	2
Ambience Healthcare AI	$255K	$226K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$253K	$234K	2	2
Retool AI	$253K	$187K	1	1
Mirage AI	$244K	$188K	1	2
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$240K	$220K	0	1
SOMETHINGS FRONTIER	$238K	$225K	1	1
Figma AI	$236K	$169K	2	11
Shield AI DEFENSE	$233K	$175K	1	6
Gamma AI	$233K	$180K	1	2
FlutterFlow AI	$230K	$165K	0	1
Mutiny AI	$230K	$200K	1	1
Checkr AI	$229K	$210K	1	3
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	1
Fivetran AI	$227K	$202K	0	4
Kalshi AI	$226K	$180K	1	2
Counsel Health AI	$225K	$213K	1	2
Streak AI	$225K	$150K	0	1
Legion Health AI	$225K	$150K	0	3
Rain FRONTIER	$225K	$200K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$221K	$183K	3	12
Perplexity AI	$221K	$180K	2	8
Everlaw AI	$221K	$195K	1	3
Envoy AI	$220K	$210K	1	1
Stripe FRONTIER	$219K	$175K	1	1
Stuut AI	$218K	$185K	1	1
Omada Health FRONTIER	$216K	$192K	0	1
Candle AI	$215K	$170K	1	1
Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) AI	$215K	$190K	0	1
Valon Labs AI	$215K	$197K	1	1
Benchling FRONTIER	$214K	$163K	1	4
Mercury FRONTIER	$213K	$189K	1	5
Imbue ROBOTICS	$213K	$150K	1	1
RevenueCat FRONTIER	$213K	$213K	0	2
Stable AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
Intro AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
Regbase FRONTIER	$213K	$175K	1	1
Ironclad AI	$210K	$189K	1	1
Descript AI	$210K	$183K	1	2
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$210K	$203K	0	2
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$207K	$190K	0	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$206K	$174K	1	1
CodeRabbit AI	$206K	$175K	1	4
Retell AI AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Speak AI	$205K	$140K	1	1
Pylon AI	$205K	$170K	1	1
VIDA Digital Identity FRONTIER	$205K	$200K	0	1
Fort FRONTIER	$205K	$150K	1	1
Rippling FRONTIER	$204K	$149K	2	2
Sierra AI SPACE	$203K	$174K	3	4
Salient AI	$203K	$175K	1	1
Headway FRONTIER	$203K	$180K	1	7
Plaid FRONTIER	$202K	$176K	1	3
BioRender FRONTIER	$200K	$150K	1	1
Keye AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Andromeda Surgical ROBOTICS	$200K	$150K	1	1
Decagon AI	$200K	$180K	1	5
Method AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
Playground SPACE	$200K	$180K	1	2
Niva SPACE	$200K	$180K	1	1
Tennr AI	$199K	$185K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$198K	$182K	3	3
Databricks AI	$198K	$167K	1	5
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$198K	$180K	0	3
Ditto AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
Banner AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
Stainless AI	$195K	$170K	1	1
Alchemy AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
PlanetScale AI	$195K	$170K	0	1
Voiceops AI	$195K	$170K	1	1
Fieldguide AI	$193K	$175K	1	1
Luminai AI	$193K	$160K	1	1
Rillet AI	$193K	$160K	1	2
MURAL FRONTIER	$191K	$169K	1	1
Hyperbound AI	$190K	$170K	1	1
Bastion AI	$190K	$160K	0	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$190K	$170K	1	1
Aside AI	$190K	$150K	1	1
Mysten Labs FRONTIER	$188K	$150K	0	1
Inceptive FRONTIER	$188K	$135K	2	3
Udio AI	$188K	$150K	1	1
Yarn AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
FurtherAI AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
Wefunder VC	$185K	$145K	1	2
Camber FRONTIER	$185K	$170K	1	1
Navan FRONTIER	$185K	$115K	1	1
LearnLux Financial Wellbeing SPACE	$184K	$165K	0	2
Handoff AI	$183K	$165K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$182K	$156K	2	6
Stepful FRONTIER	$181K	$150K	1	3
Wordware AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Phonely AI	$180K	$150K	1	2
Spur AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Artisan AI	$180K	$130K	1	1
Finta AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$180K	$155K	1	2
Cross River AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Vera Health AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Dialpad AI	$178K	$157K	2	2
Instacart FRONTIER	$176K	$171K	0	10
Loft Orbital SPACE	$175K	$160K	1	1
ROE AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Turing Labs Inc. AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
BoldVoice AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Community Phone Company AI	$175K	$160K	0	1
The Believer Company AI	$175K	$152K	0	3
Medium.com AI	$173K	$145K	0	1
Mixpanel AI	$172K	$158K	1	1
Conveo AI	$170K	$150K	1	1
Willow AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Heron Power FRONTIER	$170K	$145K	1	1
Wrapbook FRONTIER	$166K	$140K	0	2
Anara AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Complete AI	$165K	$130K	1	1
Confido AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Seam AI	$165K	$120K	1	1
Axle Health AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Sabi FRONTIER	$165K	$150K	1	1
Lemma AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$164K	$135K	1	3
Middesk FRONTIER	$164K	$137K	1	1
Clarasight FRONTIER	$163K	$150K	0	2
Topline Pro AI	$160K	$150K	1	1
Popl AI	$160K	$140K	0	1
Vanta FRONTIER	$160K	$150K	0	1
Metriport AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Lance FRONTIER	$160K	$120K	1	1
Sentra FRONTIER	$160K	$150K	1	1
Boldin FRONTIER	$158K	$142K	0	2
Usul DEFENSE	$158K	$140K	1	1
Vinci Games AI	$156K	$104K	1	1
Intryc AI	$155K	$140K	1	1
Partiful AI	$155K	$130K	1	1
Oneleet AI	$151K	$125K	0	2
Eloquent AI AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Reform AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
arnata AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
AnswerThis AI	$150K	$150K	0	1
Moritz FRONTIER	$150K	$120K	1	1
Luca IQ AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
COACH AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Numen AI	$148K	$115K	1	2
Zipline ROBOTICS	$146K	$117K	1	1
Arva AI AI	$145K	$119K	1	1
Remi AI	$145K	$90K	1	1
Superpower FRONTIER	$145K	$120K	1	3
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$140K	$110K	7	12
Santé AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Pangea.app AI	$140K	$80K	0	1
Clarion AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
ClickUp AI	$140K	$110K	0	1
Sequence FRONTIER	$138K	$128K	2	2
AIOS FRONTIER	$138K	$101K	0	2
SpaceX SPACE	$138K	$115K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$138K	$123K	1	2
Cardinal AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Cresta AI	$130K	$106K	1	2
IonQ FRONTIER	$127K	$110K	1	1
Domu Technology Inc. AI	$125K	$95K	1	2
Nowadays AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Lamar Health AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Lightsprint AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$125K	$115K	0	1
Solve Intelligence AI	$120K	$90K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$120K	$115K	1	1
CatchBack Cards FRONTIER	$120K	$100K	1	1
Hera AI	$118K	$90K	1	1
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$115K	$90K	1	3
Current FRONTIER	$114K	$94K	0	1
Tempo AI	$114K	$88K	1	1
Corgi Insurance AI	$113K	$76K	2	2
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$111K	$64K	1	1
Model ML AI	$110K	$80K	1	1
Turquoise Health FRONTIER	$110K	$95K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$108K	$90K	1	1
Pocket AI	$108K	$95K	1	1
Mage Legal AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$103K	$90K	1	1
Journey AI	$100K	$86K	2	5
Amca FRONTIER	$100K	$80K	1	1
Respan AI	$100K	$100K	1	1
Illumio FRONTIER	$98K	$92K	1	2
Blue Origin SPACE	$98K	$82K	2	7
Greenlight AI	$98K	$85K	0	1
Reframe (Glucobit) FRONTIER	$95K	$70K	1	1
Human Archive ROBOTICS	$95K	$80K	1	1
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$93K	$85K	0	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$90K	$70K	1	1
Blink AI	$90K	$60K	1	1
Rhem Labs ROBOTICS	$90K	$70K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$89K	$76K	1	1
Bree FRONTIER	$88K	$70K	1	1
Gojiberry AI AI	$88K	$55K	0	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$86K	$69K	1	1
Mytos FRONTIER	$86K	$66K	1	1
ATLAS SPACE	$85K	$50K	1	1
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$85K	$73K	1	1
Besimple AI AI	$83K	$62K	1	1
Rubbrband AI	$81K	$61K	1	2
Coinrule AI	$80K	$60K	0	1
Manicule AI	$80K	$40K	1	1
Function of Beauty AI	$75K	$70K	1	1
Felix AI	$75K	$70K	1	2
Poka Labs AI	$66K	$48K	1	1
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$63K	$58K	0	3
Vahan AI	$54K	$42K	1	1
Twenty AI	$54K	$44K	1	2
Deep24 AI	$52K	$42K	0	1
Cardboard FRONTIER	$47K	$31K	1	1
Flourish Schools SPACE	$43K	$43K	1	1
AiPrise FRONTIER	$31K	$26K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$28K	$25K	1	1
Flow AI	$26K	$21K	1	1
Claim Health FRONTIER	$23K	$21K	1	1

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