Electrical 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	$332K	$280K	1	8
Anthropic AI	$331K	$285K	2	2
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$313K	$295K	1	1
Skylo SPACE	$263K	$255K	1	1
Databricks AI	$260K	$219K	0	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$242K	$201K	1	10
Latitude AI	$240K	$192K	1	1
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	3
Waymo FRONTIER	$221K	$196K	3	12
Kapta Space SPACE	$220K	$198K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$220K	$200K	1	20
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$220K	$210K	1	1
Saildrone DEFENSE	$216K	$189K	1	1
Capella Space SPACE	$216K	$193K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	6
Aseon Labs ROBOTICS	$210K	$170K	1	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$206K	$182K	1	3
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$205K	$165K	0	3
Aurora Innovation AI	$204K	$178K	3	13
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$204K	$175K	2	6
Stoke Space SPACE	$202K	$151K	1	1
Regrello AI	$200K	$150K	0	1
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$195K	$180K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$194K	$172K	1	11
PAX Markets AI	$194K	$175K	1	2
Yubico FRONTIER	$193K	$175K	1	1
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$190K	$165K	1	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$187K	$159K	2	9
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$185K	$170K	1	5
Zipline ROBOTICS	$180K	$145K	1	13
Eight Sleep FRONTIER	$180K	$160K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$178K	$129K	7	34
Sierra Space SPACE	$175K	$148K	3	8
Array Labs SPACE	$175K	$150K	2	5
Muon Space SPACE	$174K	$165K	1	2
Planet Labs SPACE	$173K	$154K	1	6
Icarus Industries SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	3
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$170K	$120K	1	7
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$170K	$146K	17	233
Diode Computers, Inc. AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Andromeda Surgical ROBOTICS	$170K	$140K	1	1
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	2
Momentus SPACE	$168K	$140K	1	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	1
Cyngn FRONTIER	$165K	$160K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$164K	$142K	3	5
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$164K	$140K	1	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$163K	$140K	2	5
Scout Space SPACE	$160K	$120K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$160K	$135K	2	5
Apex Space AI	$160K	$140K	1	7
Heron Power FRONTIER	$160K	$130K	1	3
Astranis SPACE	$158K	$135K	1	11
Blue Origin SPACE	$157K	$131K	8	45
Farcast SPACE	$155K	$140K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$155K	$133K	1	2
CX2 AI	$155K	$135K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$155K	$120K	2	10
Skydio DEFENSE	$154K	$127K	2	7
CesiumAstro SPACE	$152K	$134K	2	30
Cerebras FRONTIER	$150K	$145K	1	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$150K	$128K	1	2
Casca AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
MDalgorithms Inc. AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Proception Inc ROBOTICS	$150K	$100K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$150K	$134K	1	4
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$148K	$110K	1	1
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$148K	$125K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$146K	$122K	2	9
BlackSky SPACE	$145K	$135K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$144K	$116K	2	17
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$143K	$115K	2	9
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$143K	$114K	9	14
Oligo Security FRONTIER	$142K	$120K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$142K	$120K	1	2
Boeing SPACE	$141K	$120K	1	4
Neuralink FRONTIER	$140K	$105K	1	2
Ohm FRONTIER	$140K	$120K	1	1
Kepler Communications SPACE	$138K	$119K	1	2
Steinmetz FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$132K	$111K	1	2
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$131K	$110K	0	2
Posh FRONTIER	$128K	$105K	1	2
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$125K	$105K	1	2
Astroforge SPACE	$120K	$100K	1	1
Spire Global SPACE	$117K	$107K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$114K	$105K	7	88
Vena Vitals FRONTIER	$110K	$70K	1	1
Seeing Systems SPACE	$108K	$76K	1	2
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$103K	$90K	3	3
Eden FRONTIER	$93K	$65K	1	1
Honor AI	$75K	$71K	0	1
yhangry AI	$75K	$50K	1	1
Guardian RF DEFENSE	$71K	$58K	1	1
Skyvern ROBOTICS	$68K	$60K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$60K	$51K	1	1
Sandbox VR AI	$31K	$31K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$26K	$21K	1	1

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