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
Anthropic AI	$349K	$303K	1	2
KorrAI AI	$330K	$220K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$315K	$180K	1	6
xAI AI	$310K	$180K	2	10
Tasklet SPACE	$305K	$260K	1	1
Sully.ai AI	$300K	$280K	1	1
Eve AI	$300K	$250K	1	1
Runway AI	$280K	$250K	1	2
Stuut AI	$278K	$220K	1	2
Waymo FRONTIER	$270K	$238K	3	11
OpenAI AI	$266K	$233K	2	18
Spoon FRONTIER	$253K	$230K	1	1
Character.AI AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Phylo AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$243K	$228K	0	4
Cohere AI	$240K	$110K	1	1
atopile FRONTIER	$240K	$180K	1	1
Conductor AI	$238K	$175K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$226K	$201K	1	1
DeepGrove AI	$225K	$100K	1	1
Vapi AI	$225K	$150K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$221K	$177K	1	1
Alluxio AI	$215K	$190K	1	1
Cerebras FRONTIER	$210K	$150K	1	3
Aseon Labs ROBOTICS	$210K	$170K	1	1
Wisk Aero SPACE	$210K	$186K	1	3
Perplexity AI	$209K	$175K	1	2
Vinci Games AI	$208K	$156K	1	1
Ashby AI	$206K	$137K	3	3
Atoms FRONTIER	$206K	$182K	1	1
Mashgin AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Gym Class - by IRL Studios AI	$205K	$170K	0	1
Fal AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Naive AI	$203K	$185K	1	1
Jinba AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Nozomio AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Halluminate AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Capy AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Parahelp AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
CloudCruise AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Firecrawl AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
Empirical Health AI	$200K	$140K	1	1
Lucid AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
ConductorAI DEFENSE	$200K	$180K	1	1
Pivotal Future FRONTIER	$200K	$180K	1	3
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$198K	$182K	1	19
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$198K	$175K	0	1
Muon Space SPACE	$197K	$184K	2	4
Carta FRONTIER	$197K	$175K	1	1
Aurora Innovation AI	$195K	$150K	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
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$188K	$150K	1	19
Array Labs SPACE	$185K	$150K	2	9
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$185K	$120K	1	11
Circleback AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$185K	$170K	1	1
Proximitty FRONTIER	$185K	$150K	1	1
Andco AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$184K	$131K	1	2
Coast AI	$183K	$150K	1	1
Exowatt FRONTIER	$183K	$150K	2	4
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$181K	$150K	1	1
Readily AI	$180K	$150K	1	1
SentiLink FRONTIER	$180K	$180K	0	1
Helium AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Anara AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Clearly AI AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
PostHog AI	$175K	$100K	0	1
Rove AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Overview ROBOTICS	$175K	$125K	1	1
Closure DEFENSE	$175K	$135K	1	1
Hercules AI	$175K	$100K	1	4
Zus Health FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	0	1
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$171K	$120K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$171K	$138K	3	35
Cascade Space SPACE	$170K	$150K	1	1
Weave AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Anthrogen AI	$170K	$120K	1	1
Icarus SPACE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$170K	$145K	13	152
Capella Space SPACE	$168K	$146K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$168K	$133K	1	64
Cyngn FRONTIER	$165K	$160K	1	2
Relativity Space SPACE	$165K	$132K	3	96
Inversion Space SPACE	$165K	$137K	1	7
Paragon SPACE	$165K	$150K	1	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$165K	$150K	1	7
VideoGen AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Ocular AI AI	$165K	$130K	1	1
OpenWork SPACE	$165K	$130K	1	1
The Company Company FRONTIER	$165K	$130K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$164K	$144K	3	40
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$164K	$117K	5	30
Planet Labs SPACE	$163K	$145K	1	1
Trata AI	$163K	$125K	1	1
Trellis AI AI	$163K	$100K	1	5
Epsilon3 SPACE	$160K	$130K	1	1
Hebbia AI	$160K	$120K	2	2
Sim AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Careforce AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Metriport AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Maritime Fusion FRONTIER	$160K	$120K	1	1
Arzana AI	$160K	$150K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$160K	$140K	1	28
Radiant FRONTIER	$159K	$134K	1	30
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$158K	$140K	2	3
Neuralink FRONTIER	$157K	$90K	4	11
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$157K	$136K	1	5
Apex Space AI	$156K	$125K	1	18
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$155K	$123K	1	6
Glean AI	$155K	$120K	2	2
Heron Power FRONTIER	$155K	$120K	1	3
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$155K	$130K	1	2
Jarmin FRONTIER	$155K	$130K	1	1
Reditus Space SPACE	$153K	$130K	1	3
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$152K	$140K	1	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$152K	$141K	1	2
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$151K	$129K	2	6
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$151K	$120K	2	36
Momentus SPACE	$150K	$130K	1	3
Terran Orbital SPACE	$150K	$120K	1	2
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
Conductor Quantum AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Starburst AI	$150K	$135K	1	1
General Astronautics ROBOTICS	$150K	$120K	1	1
CrowdVolt SPACE	$150K	$120K	1	1
National Security Agency DEFENSE	$149K	$105K	1	1
Turion Space SPACE	$148K	$120K	1	3
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$148K	$110K	2	7
IonQ FRONTIER	$147K	$127K	2	3
Stoke Space SPACE	$145K	$119K	2	10
Blue Origin SPACE	$145K	$121K	13	179
Loft Orbital SPACE	$145K	$120K	1	1
Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space) SPACE	$145K	$120K	1	2
Flow AI	$145K	$140K	1	1
Thesis AI	$145K	$120K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$144K	$126K	2	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$144K	$130K	4	20
CesiumAstro SPACE	$144K	$127K	2	24
Magic Leap AI	$143K	$135K	1	1
Finta AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
Infisical FRONTIER	$140K	$100K	1	1
Aqua AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$139K	$121K	1	11
Kepler Communications SPACE	$138K	$113K	1	5
Orbital Operations SPACE	$138K	$100K	1	3
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$135K	$120K	1	2
Designbase AI	$135K	$120K	0	1
Airhart Aeronautics ROBOTICS	$135K	$120K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$135K	$114K	7	24
Illumio FRONTIER	$135K	$125K	1	1
telli AI	$134K	$86K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$133K	$92K	3	31
Sierra Space SPACE	$131K	$111K	6	25
Pulse AI	$130K	$110K	1	1
Wardstone DEFENSE	$130K	$100K	2	2
Splash Inc. ROBOTICS	$130K	$100K	1	1
Dispatch SPACE	$130K	$100K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$129K	$104K	2	2
BlackSky SPACE	$128K	$115K	1	2
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$128K	$115K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$128K	$103K	1	8
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$126K	$107K	1	2
Ursa Major SPACE	$126K	$112K	1	9
Boeing SPACE	$126K	$102K	2	5
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$125K	$110K	1	1
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
Saildrone DEFENSE	$125K	$114K	1	3
Dialpad AI	$124K	$114K	3	3
GITAI SPACE	$120K	$100K	1	2
H Hop Aero ROBOTICS	$120K	$90K	1	1
Substrate AI	$115K	$100K	1	1
Structured AI AI	$115K	$90K	1	1
Cogram AI	$114K	$80K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$112K	$86K	8	14
IRPI SPACE	$111K	$97K	1	2
Solve Intelligence AI	$110K	$70K	1	1
Vendra FRONTIER	$110K	$100K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$109K	$100K	6	131
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$105K	$88K	2	3
ispace SPACE	$102K	$81K	0	1
Astranis SPACE	$100K	$100K	1	16
Nextera Robotics ROBOTICS	$100K	$90K	1	1
Wafer AI	$96K	$72K	1	3
HeyCharge FRONTIER	$86K	$74K	1	1
Huscarl AI	$86K	$69K	1	1
QualGent AI	$85K	$50K	0	1
Podium Automation AI	$85K	$70K	1	1
Viggle AI	$81K	$56K	1	1
Escape FRONTIER	$74K	$66K	1	1
Terranova FRONTIER	$62K	$52K	1	1
Tempo AI	$62K	$51K	1	1
HyLight SPACE	$60K	$51K	1	1
Authologic AI	$58K	$48K	1	1
Cardboard FRONTIER	$55K	$31K	1	1
Betterhalf AI	$43K	$35K	1	1
Deepnote AI	$30K	$20K	0	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Outerport	$100k–$200k	3
Radiant	$105k–$125k	3
SpaceX	$100k–$115k	3
Astranis	$100k–$100k	4

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