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	$363K	$320K	2	5
Harvey AI AI	$300K	$260K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$300K	$275K	0	1
Insitro FRONTIER	$282K	$273K	1	1
CX2 AI	$250K	$225K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$246K	$207K	2	9
Waymo FRONTIER	$235K	$210K	1	4
Kapta Space SPACE	$233K	$215K	1	1
AIM Intelligent Machines ROBOTICS	$233K	$215K	1	1
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	1
Array Labs SPACE	$225K	$150K	1	1
Figma AI	$222K	$169K	1	2
Databricks AI	$216K	$182K	3	13
Hark FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$205K	$189K	1	2
Charge Robotics ROBOTICS	$200K	$165K	1	2
Discovered Materials AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$199K	$182K	1	5
Sardine FRONTIER	$198K	$165K	0	1
Totalis FRONTIER	$195K	$140K	1	1
Glacier ROBOTICS	$193K	$185K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$190K	$150K	1	25
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$186K	$162K	3	3
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$185K	$170K	1	1
Sameday AI	$185K	$155K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$185K	$148K	1	2
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$182K	$162K	1	3
Maze Therapeutics FRONTIER	$176K	$158K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$175K	$152K	1	2
Skydio DEFENSE	$174K	$140K	1	13
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$170K	$115K	1	5
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Saildrone DEFENSE	$166K	$152K	1	4
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	7
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$164K	$145K	2	4
Icarus Industries SPACE	$160K	$120K	1	3
ClearML AI	$160K	$145K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	7
Loft Orbital SPACE	$158K	$125K	1	1
Cyngn FRONTIER	$158K	$140K	1	3
IonQ FRONTIER	$155K	$136K	4	4
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$152K	$128K	1	4
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$150K	$129K	17	282
Saphira AI AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$149K	$135K	3	4
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$149K	$118K	2	4
Muon Space SPACE	$148K	$139K	1	4
Archer Aviation SPACE	$148K	$133K	3	8
Adialante FRONTIER	$148K	$130K	1	1
KoBold Metals AI	$145K	$110K	1	1
Relling ROBOTICS	$145K	$120K	1	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$142K	$119K	1	6
Apex Space AI	$138K	$116K	1	3
Cross River AI	$133K	$115K	1	2
Relativity Space SPACE	$130K	$104K	3	55
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	1	5
Outerport AI	$130K	$60K	1	1
Ellipsis Health AI	$130K	$120K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$130K	$109K	6	15
Planet Labs SPACE	$128K	$114K	1	3
ASML FRONTIER	$126K	$102K	3	11
Terran Orbital SPACE	$126K	$105K	2	4
CesiumAstro SPACE	$126K	$115K	3	8
Senra Systems AI	$125K	$108K	1	6
UnitedMasters AI	$125K	$115K	1	1
Tulip SPACE	$125K	$100K	1	5
Stratolaunch SPACE	$124K	$102K	1	4
Blue Origin SPACE	$124K	$104K	9	91
Neuralink FRONTIER	$122K	$77K	2	6
Boeing SPACE	$122K	$100K	3	26
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$118K	$90K	3	27
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$116K	$102K	1	4
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$115K	$100K	1	7
Bloom AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Elevate (formerly Bloom) AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$115K	$108K	1	4
Amca FRONTIER	$113K	$89K	1	2
Vast SPACE	$113K	$86K	2	16
Pirouette Pharma FRONTIER	$110K	$90K	1	1
Dialpad AI	$109K	$100K	2	2
SpaceX SPACE	$109K	$100K	7	112
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$109K	$90K	1	2
Rocket Lab SPACE	$109K	$87K	6	23
Stoke Space SPACE	$106K	$88K	1	4
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$105K	$90K	9	30
iSono Health AI	$105K	$70K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$98K	$72K	2	10
Rendezvous Robotics ROBOTICS	$98K	$85K	0	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$97K	$86K	0	9
SiPhox Health FRONTIER	$95K	$70K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$90K	$72K	3	18
Vena Vitals FRONTIER	$90K	$60K	1	1
Astranis SPACE	$89K	$79K	1	10
Cresta AI	$83K	$62K	1	1
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$77K	$69K	0	2
Smalls FRONTIER	$75K	$65K	0	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$71K	$71K	1	5
Astraea SPACE	$50K	$25K	0	1
HyLight SPACE	$50K	$45K	1	1
Crescent Space SPACE	$40K	$39K	6	12
Cyble AI	$30K	$20K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Relativity Space	$90k–$136k	3
Blue Origin	$81k–$114k	6
SpaceX	$58k–$72k	8
Anduril Industries	$53k–$70k	14

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