Operations 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
Rippling FRONTIER	$2.5M	$2.0M	1	1
Anthropic AI	$345K	$305K	3	42
Periodic Labs AI	$338K	$300K	1	2
Sonia AI	$312K	$312K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$303K	$180K	1	4
Inferact AI	$300K	$200K	1	1
CharacterQuilt AI	$300K	$250K	1	1
SF Tensor AI	$295K	$275K	1	1
Worldcoin AI	$288K	$277K	1	1
Thinking Machines Lab AI	$281K	$250K	1	4
Together AI AI	$275K	$250K	1	1
Starburst AI	$270K	$240K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$267K	$232K	3	64
hyperexponential AI	$260K	$230K	1	1
Salient AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Sphere AI	$250K	$220K	1	1
Jarmin FRONTIER	$250K	$200K	1	1
Character.AI AI	$240K	$220K	1	1
Porter AI	$240K	$200K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$239K	$217K	1	2
Inceptive FRONTIER	$238K	$200K	1	1
OpenRouter AI	$236K	$213K	0	2
Elroy Air ROBOTICS	$235K	$200K	1	1
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$225K	$200K	1	1
Vapi AI	$225K	$150K	1	2
Heron Power FRONTIER	$223K	$195K	1	1
Fieldguide AI	$221K	$180K	1	2
Broccoli AI AI	$220K	$190K	1	2
Clipboard AI	$220K	$180K	1	1
OmniChat FRONTIER	$220K	$200K	1	1
ClearML AI	$218K	$198K	3	4
Tamarind Bio AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Chariot AI	$215K	$190K	1	1
E2B AI	$215K	$200K	1	1
NASA SPACE	$214K	$211K	1	1
Yuzu Health FRONTIER	$213K	$198K	1	1
Outtake AI	$213K	$200K	1	1
Databricks AI	$212K	$179K	3	21
SentiLink FRONTIER	$210K	$180K	0	2
Skyvern ROBOTICS	$210K	$120K	1	1
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$209K	$186K	1	1
Sierra AI SPACE	$207K	$173K	4	14
Ultra ROBOTICS	$206K	$163K	1	4
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$205K	$175K	0	1
PointOne AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Ambience Healthcare AI	$205K	$182K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$205K	$184K	1	3
Scale AI AI	$203K	$181K	2	7
SnapMagic AI	$203K	$180K	1	1
Abridge AI	$200K	$183K	2	6
Eloquent AI AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Revyl AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
ProSights AI	$200K	$175K	1	1
AssemblyAI AI	$200K	$180K	0	1
Harper AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
Decagon AI	$200K	$175K	1	8
Miso Labs AI	$200K	$200K	1	1
Craniometrix FRONTIER	$199K	$160K	1	2
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$199K	$186K	2	2
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$196K	$169K	4	6
Array Labs SPACE	$195K	$150K	2	2
Waymo FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	7	26
Hebbia AI	$195K	$170K	1	1
Aurelian AI	$195K	$170K	1	2
Harvey AI AI	$194K	$155K	2	21
Skydio DEFENSE	$194K	$171K	1	14
Valon Labs AI	$193K	$173K	1	4
Perplexity AI	$193K	$150K	2	5
Figma AI	$193K	$140K	1	7
Bicara Therapeutics FRONTIER	$193K	$179K	0	1
Stripe FRONTIER	$192K	$159K	3	6
Quindar SPACE	$190K	$170K	1	1
Truewind AI	$190K	$180K	1	1
Sieve AI	$190K	$130K	1	1
Fivetran AI	$189K	$168K	3	5
Candid Health AI	$188K	$165K	2	3
Magnetic AI	$185K	$150K	1	1
Cloudglue AI	$185K	$120K	1	1
Solve Intelligence AI	$185K	$120K	1	1
Vitalize AI	$185K	$120K	1	1
Profound AI	$185K	$135K	1	2
Omada Health FRONTIER	$182K	$162K	0	3
Komodo Health AI	$182K	$167K	0	5
Honor AI	$182K	$172K	2	6
Cohere AI	$181K	$123K	5	13
Vast SPACE	$180K	$139K	3	9
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$180K	$165K	6	9
Overview ROBOTICS	$180K	$180K	1	1
Laminar AI	$180K	$120K	1	1
Qualitate SPACE	$180K	$140K	1	3
Plaid FRONTIER	$179K	$151K	2	6
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$178K	$145K	3	5
Everlaw AI	$178K	$140K	1	1
Rain FRONTIER	$178K	$155K	1	4
Maze Therapeutics FRONTIER	$177K	$159K	1	6
GITAI SPACE	$175K	$150K	1	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$175K	$145K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$175K	$150K	1	5
Bluejay AI	$175K	$100K	1	1
Posh FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	1	1
Nira Energy FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$175K	$150K	3	16
Hercules AI	$175K	$100K	1	4
Partiful AI	$175K	$145K	1	1
Sesame AI	$175K	$160K	1	1
Adentris AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Torus AI	$175K	$125K	1	2
Mercury FRONTIER	$174K	$154K	1	7
David AI AI	$173K	$145K	1	5
Forage AI	$170K	$160K	1	1
Archon DEFENSE	$170K	$130K	1	1
Basecamp Research FRONTIER	$170K	$140K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$168K	$146K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$168K	$134K	5	8
RevenueCat FRONTIER	$167K	$167K	0	1
Headway FRONTIER	$167K	$143K	1	15
Navan FRONTIER	$166K	$103K	2	5
Circle Medical FRONTIER	$166K	$134K	0	1
Loft Orbital SPACE	$165K	$140K	2	3
Guac AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
Gigs AI	$165K	$150K	1	1
BlueCargo AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Cape AI	$165K	$150K	2	3
Crux AI	$165K	$140K	0	2
Mural Health FRONTIER	$165K	$140K	0	1
Tulip SPACE	$165K	$140K	1	1
VectorShift AI	$163K	$138K	1	2
Roboflow AI	$163K	$150K	1	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$163K	$145K	2	3
Swan FRONTIER	$163K	$140K	0	1
Uno Wallet AI	$163K	$120K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$162K	$135K	6	25
Garage AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
HappyRobot AI	$160K	$140K	1	2
Replit AI	$160K	$140K	2	3
Elayne AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$159K	$125K	1	6
Town FRONTIER	$159K	$145K	1	2
Phylo AI	$158K	$105K	1	1
Podium Automation AI	$158K	$130K	1	2
Stainless AI	$158K	$140K	1	1
Parallel Bio FRONTIER	$157K	$151K	1	2
Counsel Health AI	$156K	$140K	1	2
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$156K	$143K	1	1
Aios Medical AI	$155K	$112K	0	1
Glean AI	$155K	$120K	4	5
Eventual AI	$155K	$130K	1	1
Plug FRONTIER	$155K	$145K	1	1
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$154K	$140K	1	6
Terminal AI	$153K	$141K	1	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$153K	$140K	3	16
Radiant FRONTIER	$150K	$119K	3	8
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$150K	$129K	19	150
Mach9 AI	$150K	$130K	1	2
Nox Metals ROBOTICS	$150K	$100K	1	3
Apex Space AI	$150K	$128K	3	12
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$150K	$100K	2	5
Leap FRONTIER	$149K	$128K	1	4
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$148K	$133K	2	2
Carta FRONTIER	$148K	$136K	1	1
Saildrone DEFENSE	$148K	$135K	1	5
Varda Space SPACE	$147K	$122K	1	2
Shield AI DEFENSE	$146K	$116K	3	36
Icarus Industries SPACE	$145K	$118K	1	4
Boeing SPACE	$145K	$118K	3	7
Wrapbook FRONTIER	$144K	$122K	0	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$144K	$115K	5	14
Planet Labs SPACE	$143K	$127K	3	13
AgentMail AI	$143K	$110K	1	1
Verne Robotics ROBOTICS	$143K	$110K	1	1
Stuut AI	$143K	$120K	1	1
Stoke Space SPACE	$142K	$117K	1	4
Sierra Space SPACE	$141K	$119K	2	9
Astranis SPACE	$141K	$105K	1	2
Camber FRONTIER	$141K	$125K	1	2
Manufact (formerly mcp-use) AI	$140K	$100K	1	1
Flair Labs AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Finni Health FRONTIER	$140K	$130K	0	3
Pylon AI	$140K	$130K	1	1
Chasi SPACE	$140K	$120K	1	1
Benchling FRONTIER	$139K	$127K	2	5
Latitude AI	$138K	$110K	1	1
Drillbit AI	$138K	$100K	1	1
Spellbrush AI	$138K	$75K	1	1
OfferUp FRONTIER	$138K	$130K	1	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$137K	$125K	0	4
xAI AI	$137K	$104K	3	7
Kalshi AI	$136K	$95K	1	2
JPL SPACE	$136K	$109K	1	7
SpaceX SPACE	$135K	$115K	7	83
Firstbase.io FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	0	1
Prelim FRONTIER	$135K	$130K	1	4
Stepful FRONTIER	$135K	$125K	1	5
Veritus AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Setpoint.io FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	1	1
Ventura SPACE	$135K	$100K	1	1
ClickUp AI	$135K	$110K	0	2
OpenGov DEFENSE	$134K	$128K	2	9
Sardine FRONTIER	$132K	$114K	1	2
Relativity Space SPACE	$130K	$104K	3	11
Domu Technology Inc. AI	$130K	$90K	1	1
Fortuna Health FRONTIER	$130K	$125K	1	2
SiPhox Health FRONTIER	$130K	$100K	1	1
Bastion AI	$130K	$100K	0	1
Rillet AI	$130K	$110K	2	3
Hedge AI	$130K	$110K	1	1
Scout Space SPACE	$128K	$100K	1	2
Spire Global SPACE	$128K	$110K	2	2
Hermeus DEFENSE	$128K	$115K	2	5
Phil FRONTIER	$126K	$112K	4	8
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$126K	$117K	1	4
Fleek AI	$125K	$106K	1	2
The Prompting Company AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Relari AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Beam AI	$125K	$110K	1	1
Clarion AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Solum Health AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Novig AI	$125K	$110K	1	1
Relling ROBOTICS	$125K	$42K	1	1
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$125K	$93K	9	16
ClaimSorted AI	$124K	$90K	2	2
Vantor FRONTIER	$124K	$102K	6	15
Generate FRONTIER	$123K	$115K	1	1
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$122K	$108K	1	2
hud AI	$120K	$75K	1	2
Agave AI	$120K	$100K	1	1
Glimpse AI	$120K	$100K	1	2
Pryzm DEFENSE	$120K	$100K	1	1
Cleo FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	0	1
Meticulous AI	$119K	$79K	1	1
Stratolaunch SPACE	$116K	$100K	2	5
Tennr AI	$116K	$105K	1	2
Cosine AI	$116K	$99K	1	1
Contrario AI	$115K	$100K	1	1
Helium AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Forge AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Brumby (Formerly GrazeMate) ROBOTICS	$115K	$100K	1	1
TryNearby FRONTIER	$115K	$100K	1	1
VIDA Digital Identity FRONTIER	$114K	$111K	0	4
Landed AI	$113K	$100K	0	1
OneChronos AI	$113K	$100K	1	1
QuestDB FRONTIER	$113K	$85K	1	1
Tomorrow.io FRONTIER	$110K	$100K	0	1
Instawork AI	$110K	$100K	1	1
Spark AI	$110K	$70K	1	1
Trellis AI AI	$110K	$90K	1	3
Vooma AI	$110K	$100K	1	1
Buoyant Aero ROBOTICS	$110K	$70K	1	1
Basic Capital FRONTIER	$110K	$90K	1	4
Phonely AI	$108K	$95K	1	1
Sameday AI	$108K	$85K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$108K	$85K	1	4
Instacart FRONTIER	$107K	$104K	1	4
Amwell FRONTIER	$106K	$96K	0	1
Uplane AI	$105K	$80K	1	1
Zus Health FRONTIER	$105K	$80K	1	1
SOMETHINGS FRONTIER	$104K	$104K	1	4
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$103K	$79K	4	32
Gemnote AI	$100K	$80K	1	1
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$100K	$80K	2	12
CodeRabbit AI	$100K	$90K	1	1
Capi Money FRONTIER	$99K	$86K	1	1
Dedalus Labs AI	$99K	$94K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$98K	$87K	2	3
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$97K	$75K	1	5
Stability AI AI	$96K	$80K	0	2
Neuralink FRONTIER	$95K	$71K	1	1
Tanium FRONTIER	$95K	$75K	1	1
Very Good Security AI	$95K	$80K	0	1
Corgi Insurance AI	$94K	$79K	2	4
Intro AI	$93K	$75K	1	1
Cross River AI	$93K	$80K	1	6
Bayesian Health AI	$91K	$86K	0	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$91K	$72K	1	4
Trata AI	$91K	$76K	1	2
Cyble AI	$90K	$80K	1	1
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$88K	$83K	7	15
Venn FRONTIER	$88K	$70K	1	1
Odyssey AI	$88K	$78K	1	4
SafetyWing FRONTIER	$87K	$83K	0	1
Splash Inc. ROBOTICS	$85K	$60K	1	1
PermitFlow AI	$85K	$70K	1	2
Ambient AI	$85K	$80K	1	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$85K	$75K	0	1
Rune Technologies DEFENSE	$85K	$75K	1	1
Coderhouse FRONTIER	$85K	$70K	1	1
Salus AI	$83K	$73K	1	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$83K	$76K	1	1
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$80K	$70K	1	1
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$79K	$68K	1	1
VeeFriends FRONTIER	$78K	$62K	1	1
FuseAI AI	$77K	$51K	1	1
Abacus AI AI	$76K	$73K	1	2
BlackSky SPACE	$76K	$73K	1	1
Edexia AI	$75K	$50K	1	1
SyntheticFi FRONTIER	$75K	$65K	0	1
AIOS FRONTIER	$75K	$65K	1	1
DeepAware AI (Robotics Center of Silicon Valley) ROBOTICS	$75K	$50K	1	1
Flexport FRONTIER	$73K	$65K	6	9
Runway AI	$73K	$65K	0	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$72K	$70K	0	8
Zipline ROBOTICS	$71K	$71K	7	21
Eze AI	$70K	$60K	1	1
Malama Health AI	$70K	$60K	0	1
Hippocratic AI AI	$68K	$52K	0	1
Lemonade AI	$66K	$60K	0	1
Cartage AI	$65K	$50K	1	1
Claim Health FRONTIER	$65K	$55K	1	3
Felix AI	$63K	$50K	3	9
Spot Health FRONTIER	$63K	$50K	0	1
Blackbird AI	$62K	$52K	1	1
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$62K	$62K	2	9
Dispatch SPACE	$62K	$62K	1	1
Red Canyon Software SPACE	$62K	$58K	1	1
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$61K	$54K	0	1
Boom SPACE	$58K	$45K	1	1
Nuro ROBOTICS	$57K	$57K	1	1
telli AI	$54K	$41K	1	1
menta SPACE	$54K	$51K	9	9
Flick AI	$52K	$42K	0	1
Bold AI	$52K	$50K	0	1
Intelligence Factory ROBOTICS	$52K	$42K	1	1
Kong AI	$50K	$45K	1	1
United States Space Force SPACE	$50K	$42K	8	20
Rocket Lab SPACE	$46K	$46K	5	7
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$46K	$46K	8	15
AirGarage FRONTIER	$46K	$46K	2	3
REVER AI	$45K	$39K	1	1
Model ML AI	$43K	$35K	1	1
Fellow.app AI	$40K	$35K	1	1
air up FRONTIER	$36K	$31K	1	1
Aktoria Robotics ROBOTICS	$35K	$25K	1	1
Sandbox VR AI	$35K	$35K	21	30
Cerebras FRONTIER	$28K	$25K	1	1
LunaJoy Health AI	$27K	$24K	1	1
Encord AI	$26K	$21K	1	1
Flow AI	$26K	$21K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Anduril Industries	$86k–$114k	10
Shield AI	$70k–$105k	7
Serve Robotics	$46k–$46k	11
SpaceX	$46k–$46k	4
Flexport	$32k–$43k	3
United States Space Force	$38k–$38k	4
Sandbox VR	$33k–$33k	19

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