Information technology Salaries Across Frontier Tech

Median pay by company, ranked, from salaries disclosed in active job postings across space, AI, robotics and defense.

382 qualifying jobs

116 companies

50 locations

Companies ranked by median Information technology pay

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Company	Median pay	Median Base	Locations	Reports
Glean AI	$457K	$424K	1	1
Idler AI	$350K	$200K	1	1
Cape AI	$325K	$300K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$323K	$272K	2	5
Zipline ROBOTICS	$313K	$250K	1	2
Benchling FRONTIER	$305K	$244K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$290K	$265K	4	39
Replit AI	$288K	$250K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$271K	$240K	3	15
Ursa Major SPACE	$270K	$240K	1	1
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$270K	$220K	1	1
Instacart FRONTIER	$252K	$245K	0	1
BioRender FRONTIER	$250K	$200K	0	1
Alchemy AI	$248K	$235K	1	1
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$235K	$200K	1	1
SentiLink FRONTIER	$230K	$200K	0	1
Rain FRONTIER	$229K	$205K	1	2
Retell AI AI	$225K	$200K	1	1
Databricks AI	$217K	$183K	1	4
Sierra AI SPACE	$213K	$197K	2	2
Flexport FRONTIER	$213K	$175K	1	1
Figma AI	$210K	$123K	1	2
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$209K	$186K	1	1
Model ML AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Decagon AI	$200K	$180K	0	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	4	5
Vulcan Technologies AI	$195K	$140K	1	1
Elliptic FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	1	1
Cerebras FRONTIER	$190K	$140K	1	1
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$190K	$156K	0	1
Hedge AI	$188K	$125K	1	1
Pair Team FRONTIER	$185K	$165K	0	1
Antigen DEFENSE	$185K	$150K	1	1
NASA SPACE	$183K	$169K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$181K	$154K	2	3
Cross River AI	$180K	$165K	1	4
Astranis SPACE	$179K	$143K	1	4
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$178K	$165K	0	2
Posh FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	1	1
Generate FRONTIER	$175K	$160K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$175K	$142K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$174K	$154K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$172K	$137K	3	10
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$172K	$147K	6	24
Turion Space SPACE	$170K	$160K	1	1
Corgea DEFENSE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Kontigo AI	$170K	$120K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$166K	$133K	3	8
Plaid FRONTIER	$166K	$147K	3	6
Archer Aviation SPACE	$166K	$147K	1	4
GITAI SPACE	$165K	$145K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$165K	$145K	1	4
Radiant FRONTIER	$162K	$134K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$161K	$145K	1	4
CLS Group FRONTIER	$160K	$140K	1	3
Shield AI DEFENSE	$160K	$128K	4	10
Sphinx Defense DEFENSE	$158K	$135K	1	1
ClearML AI	$158K	$145K	1	3
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$156K	$127K	2	3
Biocatch FRONTIER	$155K	$140K	0	1
Parameter (fka Hex Security) FRONTIER	$155K	$130K	1	1
Parallel Bio FRONTIER	$153K	$146K	2	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$153K	$140K	1	1
United States Space Force SPACE	$150K	$130K	1	3
Kindred AI	$150K	$135K	0	1
Socket.dev FRONTIER	$148K	$126K	0	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$148K	$130K	1	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$145K	$120K	0	3
Vast SPACE	$142K	$111K	1	4
Qumulo FRONTIER	$142K	$120K	2	2
Stoke Space SPACE	$141K	$113K	1	4
Substack AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
RTX DEFENSE	$139K	$96K	1	5
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$137K	$126K	1	1
Corgi Insurance AI	$134K	$94K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$132K	$118K	1	3
Zip AI	$131K	$113K	3	4
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$130K	$120K	9	9
Inversion Space SPACE	$126K	$97K	1	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$123K	$112K	1	2
Vantor FRONTIER	$122K	$102K	3	4
Terran Orbital SPACE	$120K	$110K	1	1
Boeing SPACE	$117K	$99K	2	3
Stream Security FRONTIER	$115K	$100K	0	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$115K	$91K	3	7
Sierra Space SPACE	$115K	$97K	3	12
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$114K	$92K	1	1
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$113K	$75K	1	1
Plug FRONTIER	$113K	$105K	1	1
xAI AI	$111K	$91K	5	5
Instawork AI	$110K	$105K	1	1
Namespace FRONTIER	$110K	$80K	0	1
SpaceX SPACE	$105K	$95K	6	40
Illumio FRONTIER	$100K	$95K	1	2
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$98K	$70K	2	3
EliseAI AI	$98K	$80K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$95K	$76K	1	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$94K	$75K	3	4
Kodex AI	$90K	$70K	0	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$87K	$59K	1	2
BlackSky SPACE	$85K	$80K	1	1
Loft Orbital SPACE	$81K	$73K	2	2
Novig AI	$80K	$70K	1	1
Human Computer FRONTIER	$80K	$70K	1	1
Neuralink FRONTIER	$76K	$66K	1	2
CesiumAstro SPACE	$75K	$68K	2	2
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$73K	$69K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$72K	$58K	2	2
Rocket Lab SPACE	$71K	$63K	4	13
Lightspark FRONTIER	$71K	$65K	1	1
Oneleet AI	$70K	$50K	0	1
Lemonade AI	$69K	$65K	0	1
Rimward AI	$67K	$56K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$55K	$52K	1	3
Whatnot FRONTIER	$54K	$50K	1	3
Saronic DEFENSE	$49K	$40K	1	1

Pay by seniority — across companies

Company	Median pay	Jobs
OpenAI	$212k–$320k	7
Anthropic	$265k–$295k	25
Waymo	$175k–$215k	4
Anduril Industries	$147k–$196k	18
RTX	$96k–$182k	3
Doppel	$120k–$170k	3
Plaid	$119k–$140k	3
Voyager Space	$120k–$140k	8
Blue Origin	$91k–$139k	3
Stoke Space	$93k–$139k	3