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
Palmstreet AI	$520K	$416K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$404K	$363K	1	2
Legion Health AI	$400K	$300K	0	1
Sabi FRONTIER	$350K	$300K	1	1
Counsel Health AI	$307K	$291K	0	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$304K	$268K	1	1
Worldcoin AI	$287K	$264K	1	2
Profound AI	$277K	$232K	1	2
OpenAI AI	$274K	$238K	2	12
OpenRouter AI	$263K	$245K	0	1
Aaru FRONTIER	$263K	$205K	1	1
Perplexity AI	$260K	$220K	1	3
Kindred AI	$258K	$230K	1	1
Abridge AI	$255K	$231K	1	8
Runway AI	$255K	$220K	0	1
Retool AI	$253K	$187K	1	1
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$248K	$221K	1	1
Plaid FRONTIER	$245K	$187K	1	2
Scale AI AI	$241K	$218K	2	4
Headway FRONTIER	$239K	$212K	2	3
Conductor AI	$238K	$175K	1	1
SOMETHINGS FRONTIER	$238K	$225K	1	1
Figma AI	$236K	$169K	2	11
CodeRabbit AI	$235K	$220K	1	1
Gamma AI	$233K	$180K	1	2
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$230K	$215K	1	1
FlutterFlow AI	$230K	$165K	0	1
Ambience Healthcare AI	$228K	$210K	1	2
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	1
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$228K	$210K	1	1
UnitedMasters AI	$228K	$210K	1	1
Fivetran AI	$227K	$202K	0	4
Kalshi AI	$226K	$180K	1	2
Streak AI	$225K	$150K	0	1
Aurora Innovation AI	$220K	$180K	2	2
Together AI AI	$220K	$200K	1	1
Envoy AI	$220K	$210K	1	1
Mintlify AI	$218K	$170K	1	1
Stuut AI	$218K	$185K	1	1
Candle AI	$215K	$170K	1	1
Tilt (f.k.a. Delphia) AI	$215K	$190K	0	1
Valon Labs AI	$215K	$197K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$213K	$189K	1	4
Intro AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
Ironclad AI	$210K	$189K	1	1
ClickUp AI	$210K	$185K	0	1
Lido AI	$210K	$190K	0	1
Hark FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	1
The Believer Company AI	$208K	$185K	0	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$206K	$174K	1	1
Sierra AI SPACE	$205K	$176K	3	4
Retell AI AI	$205K	$180K	2	3
Mutiny AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
RevenueCat FRONTIER	$205K	$205K	0	1
Speak AI	$205K	$140K	1	1
Everlaw AI	$205K	$181K	1	2
Fort FRONTIER	$205K	$150K	1	1
Rippling FRONTIER	$204K	$149K	2	2
Salient AI	$203K	$175K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$200K	$160K	0	3
Dedalus Labs AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Keye AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Andromeda Surgical ROBOTICS	$200K	$150K	1	1
Playground SPACE	$200K	$180K	1	2
Niva SPACE	$200K	$180K	1	1
Patch AI	$199K	$173K	1	2
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$198K	$180K	0	3
Turquoise Health FRONTIER	$198K	$185K	1	1
Ditto AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
Banner AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$195K	$180K	1	1
Stainless AI	$195K	$170K	1	1
Alchemy AI	$195K	$180K	1	1
Whatnot FRONTIER	$194K	$153K	1	1
Instacart FRONTIER	$193K	$188K	0	2
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$193K	$166K	2	6
Fieldguide AI	$193K	$175K	1	1
Method FRONTIER	$193K	$165K	1	1
Obviant FRONTIER	$193K	$160K	1	1
Benchling FRONTIER	$192K	$163K	1	3
MURAL FRONTIER	$191K	$169K	0	1
Hyperbound AI	$190K	$170K	1	1
Rillet AI	$190K	$150K	1	1
Myria FRONTIER	$190K	$160K	0	1
Aside AI	$190K	$150K	1	1
Inceptive FRONTIER	$188K	$135K	1	3
Udio AI	$188K	$150K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$187K	$151K	2	10
Omada Health FRONTIER	$186K	$166K	0	2
Yarn AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
FurtherAI AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
Wefunder VC	$185K	$145K	1	2
AtoB FRONTIER	$185K	$170K	1	1
Databricks AI	$185K	$156K	1	2
Checkr AI	$184K	$169K	1	5
Instrumentl AI	$183K	$160K	0	1
Pocket AI	$183K	$165K	1	3
ODIN VC	$183K	$160K	1	2
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$181K	$171K	0	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$180K	$160K	1	1
Wordware AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Spur AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Finta AI	$180K	$140K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Decagon AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Cross River AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Turing Labs Inc. AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Emergent AI	$175K	$100K	1	1
BoldVoice AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Kong AI	$173K	$140K	0	1
Circle Medical FRONTIER	$172K	$148K	0	1
UniSwap AI	$171K	$152K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$170K	$155K	1	1
Willow AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Conveo AI	$169K	$136K	1	1
Artisan AI	$168K	$130K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$167K	$150K	3	4
Anara AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Complete AI	$165K	$130K	1	1
Seam AI	$165K	$120K	1	1
Novig AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Greenlight AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Lemma AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$165K	$147K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$164K	$128K	1	1
Middesk FRONTIER	$164K	$137K	1	1
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$163K	$145K	1	1
Clarasight FRONTIER	$163K	$150K	0	2
Turion Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	1
Topline Pro AI	$160K	$150K	1	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
Dialpad AI	$158K	$140K	3	3
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
Ralo AI	$155K	$130K	1	1
Lightsprint AI	$155K	$130K	0	1
Oneleet AI	$151K	$125K	0	2
Eloquent AI AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
arnata AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Voicepanel FRONTIER	$150K	$125K	1	1
COACH AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Numen AI	$148K	$115K	1	2
Remi AI	$145K	$90K	1	1
Superpower FRONTIER	$145K	$120K	1	3
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$140K	$110K	7	12
Pangea.app AI	$140K	$80K	0	1
Clarion AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
AIOS FRONTIER	$140K	$103K	0	2
Sequence FRONTIER	$139K	$129K	2	2
EliseAI AI	$138K	$123K	1	2
Cardinal AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$133K	$115K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$131K	$126K	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
Mirage AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$125K	$120K	3	3
Hera AI	$122K	$93K	1	1
Solve Intelligence AI	$120K	$90K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$120K	$115K	1	1
Tempo AI	$117K	$90K	1	1
Current FRONTIER	$114K	$94K	0	1
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$113K	$80K	1	2
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$111K	$64K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$110K	$97K	1	2
Model ML AI	$110K	$80K	1	1
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$110K	$100K	0	1
Stepful FRONTIER	$110K	$100K	1	1
Illumio FRONTIER	$108K	$100K	1	1
Mage Legal AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Wayline AI	$100K	$75K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$100K	$80K	1	1
Respan AI	$100K	$100K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$98K	$82K	2	5
Proof of Play AI	$96K	$84K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$96K	$82K	3	3
Reframe (Glucobit) FRONTIER	$95K	$70K	1	1
Human Archive ROBOTICS	$95K	$80K	1	1
Bree FRONTIER	$90K	$72K	1	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$90K	$70K	1	1
Blink AI	$90K	$60K	1	1
Lucis AI	$90K	$50K	1	1
Mytos FRONTIER	$88K	$68K	1	1
ATLAS SPACE	$85K	$50K	1	1
Deep24 AI	$84K	$71K	0	2
Cresta AI	$83K	$62K	1	1
Rubbrband AI	$81K	$61K	1	2
Journey AI	$81K	$64K	3	6
Coinrule AI	$80K	$60K	0	1
Corgi Insurance AI	$78K	$54K	1	1
Felix AI	$77K	$72K	1	2
Function of Beauty AI	$75K	$70K	1	1
Kaso AI	$65K	$50K	1	1
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$61K	$56K	0	1
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$57K	$53K	1	1
Twenty AI	$56K	$45K	1	2
Vahan AI	$55K	$42K	1	1
Cardboard FRONTIER	$47K	$31K	1	1
Authologic AI	$37K	$31K	1	1
Flow AI	$26K	$21K	1	1
Claim Health FRONTIER	$23K	$21K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
OpenAI	$238k–$310k	8
Figma	$169k–$303k	11
Perplexity	$220k–$300k	3
Abridge	$240k–$290k	5
Sierra AI	$176k–$234k	4
Benchling	$163k–$221k	3
Harvey AI	$151k–$217k	4
Talkiatry	$180k–$215k	3
Anduril Industries	$129k–$171k	3
Palantir Technologies	$110k–$170k	10

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