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	$445K	$405K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$300K	$260K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$300K	$275K	0	1
OpenAI AI	$286K	$207K	1	5
Waymo FRONTIER	$239K	$210K	1	3
Figma AI	$236K	$169K	1	1
Array Labs SPACE	$225K	$150K	1	1
Yubico FRONTIER	$220K	$200K	1	1
Databricks AI	$216K	$182K	3	12
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$206K	$183K	1	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$205K	$189K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$201K	$182K	1	5
Spoon FRONTIER	$195K	$160K	1	1
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$193K	$170K	1	2
Discovered Materials AI	$188K	$150K	1	2
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$186K	$164K	1	10
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$185K	$170K	1	1
Sameday AI	$185K	$155K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$173K	$142K	1	4
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	$173K	$153K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$170K	$128K	1	6
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Capella Space SPACE	$169K	$146K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$163K	$145K	7	11
Archer Aviation SPACE	$162K	$141K	1	9
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$161K	$129K	2	5
Cohere AI	$161K	$133K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	5
Radiant FRONTIER	$159K	$134K	1	3
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$158K	$140K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$158K	$140K	3	9
Cyngn FRONTIER	$158K	$140K	1	3
Saildrone DEFENSE	$157K	$145K	1	3
Heron Power FRONTIER	$156K	$120K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$155K	$120K	0	13
Icarus Industries SPACE	$150K	$110K	1	2
Saphira AI AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Sesame AI	$149K	$126K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$149K	$135K	3	6
Adialante FRONTIER	$148K	$130K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$147K	$127K	4	5
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$147K	$126K	17	186
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$147K	$140K	0	1
Vast SPACE	$145K	$112K	2	16
Zipline ROBOTICS	$145K	$120K	2	9
KoBold Metals AI	$145K	$110K	1	1
Relling ROBOTICS	$145K	$120K	1	1
Senra Systems AI	$144K	$120K	1	6
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$143K	$124K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$142K	$109K	1	4
Relativity Space SPACE	$141K	$113K	3	43
Piris Labs AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$134K	$112K	7	73
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$134K	$120K	1	4
Apex Space AI	$133K	$112K	1	4
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$133K	$100K	3	16
Cross River AI	$133K	$115K	1	2
Neuralink FRONTIER	$130K	$83K	3	5
Outerport AI	$130K	$60K	1	1
Promise Studios AI	$130K	$120K	1	3
Ellipsis Health AI	$130K	$120K	1	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$128K	$106K	1	3
ASML FRONTIER	$128K	$102K	4	7
Rocket Lab SPACE	$128K	$100K	4	21
Airhart Aeronautics ROBOTICS	$128K	$115K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$126K	$115K	3	8
Gravitics SPACE	$125K	$110K	2	3
Rise Reforming FRONTIER	$125K	$125K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$123K	$103K	6	23
Astranis SPACE	$123K	$95K	1	5
Tulip SPACE	$123K	$100K	1	8
Boeing SPACE	$122K	$101K	2	25
Stratolaunch SPACE	$119K	$100K	1	4
Hermeus DEFENSE	$119K	$96K	1	6
Headway FRONTIER	$118K	$95K	0	1
Amca FRONTIER	$118K	$93K	1	2
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$117K	$94K	4	10
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$117K	$106K	1	2
Bloom AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Elevate (formerly Bloom) AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$114K	$96K	1	2
Loft Orbital SPACE	$110K	$95K	1	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$109K	$88K	0	8
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$109K	$90K	1	2
Stoke Space SPACE	$108K	$96K	1	2
Pirouette Pharma FRONTIER	$108K	$90K	1	1
Dialpad AI	$106K	$98K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$105K	$95K	6	84
Terran Orbital SPACE	$105K	$85K	2	5
iSono Health AI	$105K	$70K	1	1
Wisk Aero SPACE	$103K	$92K	1	1
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$99K	$81K	1	1
Rendezvous Robotics ROBOTICS	$98K	$85K	0	1
Turion Space SPACE	$95K	$85K	1	3
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$91K	$70K	3	3
Vena Vitals FRONTIER	$90K	$60K	1	1
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$84K	$71K	1	6
Cresta AI	$83K	$62K	1	1
Boom SPACE	$83K	$70K	1	1
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$77K	$69K	0	2
Journey AI	$68K	$61K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$68K	$52K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$57K	$52K	1	1
Typewise AI	$52K	$35K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$50K	$45K	1	1
GloGlo AI	$36K	$24K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Relativity Space	$90k–$136k	3
Anduril Industries	$53k–$70k	9
SpaceX	$48k–$56k	7

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