Manufacturing 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	$426K	$389K	2	2
Yubico FRONTIER	$298K	$275K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$280K	$206K	1	2
Saildrone DEFENSE	$275K	$253K	1	2
Waymo FRONTIER	$239K	$210K	1	5
Figma AI	$236K	$169K	1	1
Slingshot AI AI	$233K	$133K	1	1
Array Labs SPACE	$225K	$150K	1	1
Periodic Labs AI	$225K	$175K	1	2
Fellow.app AI	$220K	$200K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$216K	$178K	1	2
Databricks AI	$215K	$181K	3	12
Insitro FRONTIER	$212K	$205K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$206K	$183K	1	2
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$205K	$178K	1	1
Aurora Innovation AI	$195K	$150K	1	1
Spoon FRONTIER	$195K	$160K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$189K	$164K	1	11
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$185K	$165K	1	1
Sameday AI	$185K	$155K	1	1
Domino Data Lab AI	$179K	$160K	0	2
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$178K	$129K	1	3
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Capella Space SPACE	$169K	$146K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$169K	$134K	2	4
Momentus SPACE	$163K	$150K	1	1
Prototyping.io AI	$163K	$125K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$160K	$125K	1	4
Varda Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	4
Archer Aviation SPACE	$160K	$140K	2	10
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$160K	$139K	2	3
Radiant FRONTIER	$159K	$134K	1	3
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$155K	$135K	3	10
CX2 AI	$155K	$135K	1	1
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$155K	$150K	0	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$152K	$122K	2	31
Icarus Industries SPACE	$150K	$110K	1	2
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$150K	$129K	17	172
Saphira AI AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$149K	$106K	2	10
Sesame AI	$149K	$125K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$148K	$108K	1	4
Shield AI DEFENSE	$148K	$115K	0	12
Magic Leap AI	$148K	$140K	2	4
Zipline ROBOTICS	$145K	$120K	2	9
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$145K	$130K	2	5
Apex Space AI	$145K	$125K	1	7
Relling ROBOTICS	$145K	$120K	1	1
Piris Labs FRONTIER	$140K	$100K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$138K	$119K	3	4
Neuralink FRONTIER	$138K	$82K	3	4
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$136K	$115K	3	5
Locus Robotics ROBOTICS	$135K	$110K	1	1
Cyngn FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	1	4
Turing.com AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$134K	$112K	7	41
Muon Space SPACE	$134K	$127K	1	2
Outerport AI	$130K	$60K	1	1
Promise Studios AI	$130K	$120K	1	3
Ellipsis Health AI	$130K	$120K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$129K	$103K	2	10
Inversion Space SPACE	$128K	$106K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$128K	$116K	3	5
ASML FRONTIER	$128K	$102K	2	5
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$128K	$110K	1	1
Cross River AI	$128K	$105K	1	2
Boeing SPACE	$126K	$104K	2	29
Gravitics SPACE	$125K	$110K	2	3
Amca FRONTIER	$123K	$99K	1	2
Rocket Lab SPACE	$123K	$100K	3	11
Tulip SPACE	$123K	$100K	1	7
Kepler Communications SPACE	$122K	$110K	1	1
Senra Systems AI	$120K	$100K	2	5
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	1	3
Instacart FRONTIER	$119K	$116K	0	2
Headway FRONTIER	$118K	$95K	0	1
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$118K	$90K	3	15
CesiumAstro SPACE	$117K	$107K	1	11
Bloom AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Elevate (formerly Bloom) AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$114K	$96K	1	2
Stratolaunch SPACE	$112K	$100K	1	7
Stoke Space SPACE	$108K	$96K	1	2
iSono Health AI	$105K	$70K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$105K	$88K	4	16
Wisk Aero SPACE	$105K	$94K	1	2
Dialpad AI	$103K	$96K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$102K	$90K	4	50
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$100K	$80K	2	3
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$99K	$81K	1	1
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$98K	$80K	1	7
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$97K	$78K	4	16
Pirouette Pharma FRONTIER	$94K	$83K	1	2
Vena Vitals FRONTIER	$90K	$60K	1	1
Astranis SPACE	$88K	$62K	1	5
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$84K	$70K	4	4
Cresta AI	$83K	$62K	1	1
Boom SPACE	$83K	$70K	1	1
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$77K	$69K	0	2
Ursa Major SPACE	$73K	$63K	0	2
White Circle FRONTIER	$65K	$50K	1	1
Typewise AI	$51K	$34K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$50K	$45K	1	1

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