Mechanical 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
Gravitics SPACE	$498K	$125K	2	4
Tasklet SPACE	$375K	$300K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$328K	$275K	2	3
Hark FRONTIER	$315K	$180K	1	6
xAI AI	$310K	$180K	0	7
Eve AI	$300K	$250K	1	1
CharacterQuilt AI	$300K	$250K	1	1
Stuut AI	$285K	$220K	1	1
Runway AI	$280K	$250K	1	2
Artie AI	$280K	$240K	1	1
Proximitty FRONTIER	$275K	$250K	1	1
Mixpanel AI	$268K	$236K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$268K	$226K	2	15
Morph AI	$265K	$180K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$260K	$206K	2	2
Spoon FRONTIER	$253K	$230K	1	1
Periodic Labs AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Cohere AI	$240K	$110K	1	1
atopile FRONTIER	$240K	$180K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$238K	$212K	1	12
Conductor AI	$238K	$175K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$231K	$175K	1	2
Sesame AI	$228K	$175K	1	1
Bluejay AI	$226K	$193K	1	2
DeepGrove AI	$225K	$100K	1	1
Vapi AI	$225K	$150K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$223K	$210K	1	5
ASML FRONTIER	$221K	$177K	1	1
Alluxio AI	$215K	$190K	1	1
Trellis AI AI	$213K	$150K	1	1
Cerebras FRONTIER	$210K	$150K	1	3
Qualitate SPACE	$210K	$180K	1	1
Vela FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	1
Wisk Aero SPACE	$210K	$186K	1	1
Vinci Games AI	$208K	$156K	1	1
Ashby AI	$207K	$140K	3	3
Atoms FRONTIER	$206K	$182K	1	1
Mashgin AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Chariot AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Gym Class - by IRL Studios AI	$205K	$170K	0	1
Inductive Bio FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	1	1
Rillet AI	$205K	$170K	1	1
Fal AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Dialpad AI	$203K	$179K	1	1
Naive AI	$203K	$185K	1	1
Jinba AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Nozomio AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Nixo AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Capy AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Activeloop AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Truss AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Empirical Health AI	$200K	$140K	1	1
Lucid AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
ConductorAI DEFENSE	$200K	$180K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$198K	$182K	1	14
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$198K	$175K	0	1
Carta FRONTIER	$197K	$175K	1	1
Harper AI	$195K	$160K	1	3
Scott AI AI	$195K	$140K	1	1
HappyRobot AI	$193K	$150K	1	2
Dynamo AI AI	$193K	$165K	1	1
Databricks AI	$191K	$149K	1	2
Bretton AI AI	$190K	$160K	1	1
Hex Security FRONTIER	$190K	$130K	1	1
Klarity AI	$189K	$167K	1	1
Ambral AI	$188K	$150K	1	1
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$188K	$150K	1	21
Array Labs SPACE	$185K	$150K	2	9
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$185K	$120K	1	9
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$185K	$161K	2	6
Circleback AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
Pirros AI	$185K	$160K	1	1
Nitrode AI	$185K	$120K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$184K	$131K	1	2
Aurora Innovation AI	$184K	$150K	0	1
Coast AI	$183K	$150K	1	1
Exowatt FRONTIER	$183K	$150K	2	4
Muon Space SPACE	$182K	$166K	2	3
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$181K	$168K	4	16
Readily AI	$180K	$150K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$179K	$150K	2	9
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$178K	$165K	1	1
Momentus SPACE	$176K	$160K	1	2
Zipline ROBOTICS	$176K	$135K	1	22
Socratix AI AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Rulebase AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Helium AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Anara AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Overview ROBOTICS	$175K	$125K	1	1
Closure DEFENSE	$175K	$135K	1	1
Hercules AI	$175K	$100K	1	4
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$172K	$117K	3	20
Vast SPACE	$172K	$138K	3	32
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$171K	$120K	1	1
Cyngn FRONTIER	$171K	$160K	1	1
Cascade Space SPACE	$170K	$150K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$170K	$146K	17	147
Weave AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
David AI AI	$170K	$143K	1	2
Anthrogen AI	$170K	$120K	1	1
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$169K	$146K	1	1
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$169K	$142K	1	3
Capella Space SPACE	$168K	$146K	1	1
Perplexity AI	$168K	$150K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$167K	$144K	3	39
Relativity Space SPACE	$165K	$132K	2	91
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	12
Shield AI DEFENSE	$165K	$130K	1	57
VideoGen AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Blacksmith AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Ocular AI AI	$165K	$130K	1	1
Heron Power FRONTIER	$165K	$135K	1	2
OpenWork SPACE	$165K	$130K	1	1
The Company Company FRONTIER	$165K	$130K	1	1
Illumio FRONTIER	$163K	$148K	1	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$163K	$145K	1	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$163K	$150K	1	3
Trata AI	$163K	$125K	1	1
Firecrawl AI	$163K	$140K	1	2
Epsilon3 SPACE	$160K	$130K	1	1
Hebbia AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Sim AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Concourse AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Careforce AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Metriport AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Maritime Fusion FRONTIER	$160K	$120K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	25
Radiant FRONTIER	$159K	$134K	1	32
Aseon Labs ROBOTICS	$159K	$133K	1	2
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$158K	$140K	2	4
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$155K	$123K	1	6
Neuralink FRONTIER	$155K	$87K	2	10
Glean AI	$155K	$120K	2	2
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$155K	$130K	1	2
Reditus Space SPACE	$153K	$130K	1	3
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$152K	$140K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$151K	$135K	1	1
Icarus Industries SPACE	$150K	$110K	1	2
Outerport AI	$150K	$100K	1	3
Haplotype Labs FRONTIER	$150K	$60K	1	1
Latent AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$150K	$135K	1	1
Starburst AI	$150K	$135K	1	1
General Astronautics ROBOTICS	$150K	$120K	1	1
CrowdVolt SPACE	$150K	$120K	1	1
Moritz FRONTIER	$150K	$120K	1	1
Arzana AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Locke AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Kepler Communications SPACE	$149K	$123K	1	5
Apex Space AI	$148K	$125K	1	9
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$148K	$110K	1	3
Stoke Space SPACE	$145K	$119K	2	10
Blue Origin SPACE	$145K	$121K	10	152
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) SPACE	$145K	$120K	1	2
Thesis AI	$145K	$120K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$144K	$127K	2	20
Magic Leap AI	$143K	$135K	1	1
BlackSky SPACE	$140K	$130K	1	3
Finta AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
Infisical FRONTIER	$140K	$100K	1	2
Aqua AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$139K	$105K	2	30
Rocket Lab SPACE	$138K	$115K	5	44
Boeing SPACE	$138K	$111K	1	9
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$138K	$100K	1	5
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$138K	$120K	1	4
Vantor FRONTIER	$138K	$118K	1	1
telli AI	$136K	$87K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$136K	$92K	3	25
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$135K	$120K	1	2
Designbase AI	$135K	$120K	0	1
Hex Technologies AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Proof of Human FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	1	1
IRPI SPACE	$135K	$119K	1	2
Sierra Space SPACE	$131K	$111K	3	19
Terran Orbital SPACE	$130K	$105K	1	1
Pulse AI	$130K	$110K	1	1
Wardstone DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	2	2
Splash Inc. ROBOTICS	$130K	$100K	1	1
Uplift AI FRONTIER	$130K	$80K	1	1
Dispatch SPACE	$130K	$100K	1	2
GITAI SPACE	$128K	$100K	1	7
Amca FRONTIER	$128K	$103K	1	12
Mage Legal AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
SiPhox Health FRONTIER	$125K	$100K	1	1
Curo FRONTIER	$125K	$100K	1	1
Respan AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Oligo Security FRONTIER	$125K	$110K	1	3
Loombotic FRONTIER	$125K	$85K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$124K	$101K	1	8
Ursa Major SPACE	$124K	$111K	0	8
Instacart FRONTIER	$120K	$117K	0	1
RoboDock FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	1	1
Cogram AI	$116K	$81K	1	1
Substrate AI	$115K	$100K	1	1
Structured AI AI	$115K	$90K	1	2
Rendezvous Robotics ROBOTICS	$113K	$90K	0	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$112K	$86K	5	8
Vendra DEFENSE	$110K	$100K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$109K	$100K	6	122
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$105K	$88K	2	3
Astranis SPACE	$100K	$100K	1	14
Foundation Industries SPACE	$100K	$100K	1	1
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$95K	$85K	2	2
HeyCharge FRONTIER	$87K	$75K	1	1
Huscarl AI	$87K	$70K	1	1
QualGent AI	$85K	$50K	0	1
Viggle AI	$83K	$58K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$62K	$52K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$61K	$52K	1	1
Cardboard FRONTIER	$55K	$31K	1	1
Seeing Systems SPACE	$51K	$41K	1	1
Betterhalf AI	$43K	$35K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Outerport	$100k–$200k	3
SpaceX	$100k–$115k	3
Astranis	$100k–$100k	3

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