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
Anthropic AI	$363K	$320K	0	1
Sabi FRONTIER	$350K	$300K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$311K	$257K	3	15
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$264K	$240K	1	3
Zettascale AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Simantic AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$242K	$201K	1	9
Latitude AI	$240K	$192K	1	2
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	3
Mercury FRONTIER	$226K	$201K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$222K	$207K	5	14
Cerebras FRONTIER	$220K	$210K	0	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$220K	$200K	1	16
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$220K	$210K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	7
Aseon Labs ROBOTICS	$210K	$170K	1	1
Databricks AI	$210K	$173K	0	5
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$205K	$165K	0	3
Generate FRONTIER	$205K	$190K	1	1
LeoLabs SPACE	$202K	$191K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$200K	$174K	1	5
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	3	6
PAX Markets AI	$194K	$175K	1	2
Archer Aviation SPACE	$194K	$171K	1	10
Muon Space SPACE	$194K	$176K	1	14
Charge Robotics ROBOTICS	$193K	$165K	1	1
Yubico FRONTIER	$193K	$175K	1	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$192K	$177K	2	7
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$185K	$170K	1	7
Visibl Semiconductors SPACE	$185K	$160K	0	1
Nine Fives SPACE	$185K	$170K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$181K	$161K	1	4
Eight Sleep FRONTIER	$180K	$160K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$179K	$120K	1	6
Ultra ROBOTICS	$179K	$143K	1	2
Zipline ROBOTICS	$178K	$145K	2	19
Relativity Space SPACE	$175K	$146K	2	13
Loft Orbital SPACE	$175K	$150K	1	2
Array Labs SPACE	$175K	$150K	1	7
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$175K	$160K	1	3
Rocket Lab SPACE	$175K	$143K	4	25
Blue Origin SPACE	$174K	$145K	9	65
Icarus Industries SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	2
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$170K	$146K	21	215
Diode Computers, Inc. AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Andromeda Surgical ROBOTICS	$170K	$140K	1	1
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	2
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$170K	$145K	2	4
Momentus SPACE	$168K	$140K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$167K	$145K	3	26
Heron Power FRONTIER	$165K	$130K	1	5
IonQ FRONTIER	$164K	$142K	2	6
Sierra Space SPACE	$163K	$137K	3	4
National Security Agency DEFENSE	$163K	$133K	1	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$163K	$145K	1	3
The Subvocal Company FRONTIER	$163K	$125K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$160K	$140K	1	9
AIM Intelligent Machines ROBOTICS	$160K	$140K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$159K	$118K	1	15
Kepler Communications SPACE	$158K	$133K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$158K	$121K	1	3
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$155K	$117K	4	14
CX2 AI	$155K	$133K	1	2
JPL SPACE	$154K	$136K	1	7
Harvey AI AI	$153K	$129K	1	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$150K	$128K	1	2
Artifact AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Casca AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
MDalgorithms Inc. AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Deepnight DEFENSE	$150K	$120K	1	1
Torus AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Edgerun DEFENSE	$150K	$120K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$148K	$130K	1	2
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$148K	$110K	2	6
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$148K	$125K	1	2
BlackSky SPACE	$145K	$135K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$145K	$120K	2	11
Amca FRONTIER	$143K	$118K	1	6
Neuralink FRONTIER	$140K	$104K	3	4
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$139K	$129K	1	1
Steinmetz FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$133K	$106K	4	6
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$131K	$117K	1	1
Laminar AI	$130K	$100K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$130K	$109K	3	7
Kapta Space SPACE	$128K	$110K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$125K	$105K	6	86
Shield AI DEFENSE	$121K	$91K	3	22
Vantor FRONTIER	$120K	$103K	2	2
Astroforge SPACE	$120K	$100K	1	1
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$120K	$105K	1	4
Airhart Aeronautics ROBOTICS	$120K	$105K	1	1
Boeing SPACE	$119K	$99K	1	9
United States Space Force SPACE	$117K	$92K	3	3
Vena Vitals FRONTIER	$110K	$70K	1	1
Adialante FRONTIER	$110K	$90K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$102K	$83K	1	3
Skydio DEFENSE	$98K	$98K	2	7
Andson Biotech FRONTIER	$98K	$85K	1	1
Astranis SPACE	$94K	$87K	1	28
Eden AI	$93K	$65K	1	1
Lambda Robotics ROBOTICS	$90K	$72K	1	1
Streamline Systems ROBOTICS	$80K	$60K	1	1
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$77K	$69K	1	1
yhangry AI	$75K	$50K	1	1
Guardian RF DEFENSE	$71K	$58K	1	1
Skyvern ROBOTICS	$68K	$60K	1	1
Dispatch SPACE	$62K	$62K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$59K	$51K	1	1
Seeing Systems SPACE	$50K	$40K	1	3
Sandbox VR AI	$33K	$33K	1	2

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