People & HR 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
Thinking Machines Lab AI	$394K	$350K	1	8
xAI AI	$310K	$180K	1	7
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$300K	$200K	1	3
SF Tensor AI	$295K	$275K	1	1
Cohere AI	$291K	$207K	4	6
Anthropic AI	$270K	$240K	1	9
OpenAI AI	$265K	$234K	1	23
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$259K	$239K	1	1
Rippling FRONTIER	$256K	$186K	1	1
Nitrode AI	$250K	$150K	1	1
Alpha-9 Oncology FRONTIER	$229K	$213K	1	1
Firecrawl AI	$228K	$210K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$225K	$200K	1	1
Periodic Labs AI	$225K	$175K	1	1
HappyRobot AI	$220K	$190K	1	2
Figma AI	$219K	$169K	1	7
Klarity AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Legion Health AI	$215K	$170K	1	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$215K	$195K	1	2
Kalshi AI	$213K	$175K	1	3
CodeRabbit AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
Decagon AI	$210K	$180K	1	5
Skylo SPACE	$209K	$201K	1	2
Halluminate AI	$206K	$175K	1	2
Blacksmith AI	$205K	$185K	1	7
Arena AI	$205K	$150K	1	1
Databricks AI	$204K	$171K	1	7
SilkChart AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Zipline ROBOTICS	$198K	$160K	1	2
Sierra AI SPACE	$196K	$169K	2	2
Turing.com AI	$190K	$170K	1	1
Together AI AI	$188K	$165K	1	3
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$188K	$175K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$185K	$120K	1	3
Planet Labs SPACE	$183K	$163K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$183K	$152K	1	2
Perplexity AI	$183K	$165K	1	4
Spoon FRONTIER	$183K	$170K	1	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$180K	$165K	1	1
SentiLink FRONTIER	$180K	$160K	0	1
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$178K	$155K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$178K	$159K	3	6
Hebbia AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
hud AI	$175K	$140K	1	1
Raindrop AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Mach9 AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Confido AI	$175K	$160K	1	1
Envoy AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Hercules AI	$175K	$100K	1	1
Mirage AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Carta FRONTIER	$175K	$160K	1	1
E2B AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Town FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	1	4
Outtake AI	$175K	$165K	1	1
Giga AI	$174K	$145K	1	2
Archer Aviation SPACE	$171K	$155K	1	2
Dover AI	$170K	$90K	0	1
Axle AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Roboflow AI	$168K	$110K	1	4
Headway FRONTIER	$167K	$144K	1	5
Shield AI DEFENSE	$165K	$132K	2	8
Fieldguide AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$165K	$150K	1	3
Abridge AI	$165K	$155K	1	6
Profound AI	$165K	$130K	1	7
Pave AI	$163K	$155K	1	1
Komodo Health AI	$161K	$156K	0	1
Harvey AI AI	$160K	$121K	3	12
Sieve AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Nabla Bio FRONTIER	$160K	$140K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$160K	$142K	1	1
Lumos AI	$158K	$134K	0	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$156K	$122K	1	8
Benchling FRONTIER	$156K	$146K	1	1
Harper AI	$155K	$125K	1	1
Community Phone Company AI	$155K	$140K	0	1
RADAR AI	$155K	$120K	1	1
Instacart FRONTIER	$153K	$149K	0	1
Aaru FRONTIER	$153K	$128K	1	2
Spire Global SPACE	$151K	$130K	1	1
Reform AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
Luminai AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$149K	$132K	12	84
Honor AI	$149K	$141K	0	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$148K	$124K	2	21
Plaid FRONTIER	$147K	$122K	1	6
Turion Space SPACE	$145K	$135K	1	1
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	$143K	$100K	1	1
Ambient AI	$143K	$135K	1	1
Rillet AI	$143K	$125K	2	6
Saildrone DEFENSE	$142K	$131K	1	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$142K	$115K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$140K	$130K	1	1
Metriport AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Eight Sleep FRONTIER	$140K	$130K	1	1
Pocket AI	$140K	$130K	1	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$140K	$120K	1	1
Stainless AI	$140K	$115K	1	2
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$138K	$100K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$137K	$118K	3	4
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$135K	$120K	1	1
Camber FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	1	1
Qualitate SPACE	$135K	$110K	1	1
ClearML AI	$135K	$120K	2	5
Sierra Space SPACE	$133K	$112K	1	2
Very Good Security AI	$130K	$104K	0	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$130K	$100K	4	11
JPL SPACE	$129K	$114K	1	4
Relativity Space SPACE	$128K	$105K	3	8
OpenGov DEFENSE	$128K	$120K	2	3
Hermeus DEFENSE	$128K	$107K	1	2
Skydio DEFENSE	$128K	$113K	2	8
Fivetran AI	$127K	$116K	0	3
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$125K	$90K	2	2
Clarion AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Triomics AI	$125K	$110K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$125K	$100K	1	1
Hex Technologies AI	$125K	$110K	2	2
Outpost SPACE	$125K	$42K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$124K	$110K	3	22
Astranis SPACE	$123K	$105K	1	6
David AI AI	$123K	$75K	1	2
Neuralink FRONTIER	$121K	$95K	1	1
Talos AI	$120K	$110K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$120K	$110K	2	2
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$119K	$113K	0	3
Vast SPACE	$119K	$95K	1	8
IonQ FRONTIER	$115K	$97K	0	2
Everlaw AI	$115K	$102K	2	2
Conveo AI	$113K	$101K	1	1
Salient AI	$111K	$98K	1	2
Tennr AI	$110K	$100K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$110K	$90K	2	5
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$109K	$94K	2	2
Senra Systems AI	$109K	$94K	1	3
Generate FRONTIER	$108K	$90K	1	1
Saturn AI	$106K	$79K	1	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$105K	$95K	0	4
Tulip SPACE	$104K	$83K	1	3
ASML FRONTIER	$104K	$83K	1	1
Sandbox VR AI	$103K	$96K	0	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$103K	$93K	2	2
Stoke Space SPACE	$102K	$82K	1	2
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$102K	$73K	0	1
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$101K	$88K	2	2
Navan FRONTIER	$100K	$62K	1	1
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$98K	$93K	0	2
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$98K	$90K	0	1
Beyond Reach Labs FRONTIER	$98K	$85K	1	1
GITAI SPACE	$97K	$75K	1	2
BlackSky SPACE	$95K	$86K	2	2
Ursa Major SPACE	$95K	$75K	0	3
Terminal AI	$94K	$81K	1	1
Compa AI	$93K	$70K	1	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$90K	$75K	1	1
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$87K	$78K	3	4
Pearpop FRONTIER	$85K	$70K	0	4
Muon Space SPACE	$83K	$83K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$82K	$74K	2	8
Glean AI	$81K	$79K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$77K	$64K	1	3
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$75K	$60K	1	1
menta SPACE	$69K	$67K	1	1
Flint AI	$67K	$56K	1	1
Kastle AI	$62K	$62K	0	1
Felix AI	$60K	$56K	1	1
United States Space Force SPACE	$59K	$35K	4	7
Retell AI AI	$58K	$39K	1	2
Cyngn FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	1	1
Bree FRONTIER	$42K	$39K	1	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$37K	$25K	1	1
Landeed AI	$36K	$26K	1	1
Wonderschool FRONTIER	$32K	$29K	10	11

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