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	$413K	$350K	1	6
Mintlify AI	$318K	$260K	1	1
Hark FRONTIER	$315K	$180K	1	4
Muon Space SPACE	$314K	$89K	1	2
xAI AI	$310K	$180K	1	6
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$300K	$200K	1	3
Periodic Labs AI	$263K	$213K	1	2
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$259K	$239K	1	1
Rippling FRONTIER	$256K	$186K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$251K	$208K	1	4
Nitrode AI	$250K	$150K	1	1
Sesame AI	$250K	$220K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$242K	$223K	1	10
Cape AI	$239K	$213K	1	2
Boeing SPACE	$230K	$196K	1	1
Phylo AI	$225K	$200K	1	1
Figma AI	$222K	$161K	1	2
HappyRobot AI	$220K	$190K	1	2
Klarity AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Legion Health AI	$215K	$170K	1	1
OmniChat FRONTIER	$215K	$180K	1	1
CodeRabbit AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
Nuro ROBOTICS	$210K	$168K	1	2
Leap FRONTIER	$208K	$185K	0	1
Blacksmith AI	$205K	$185K	1	7
Arena AI	$205K	$150K	1	1
Cresta AI	$205K	$180K	1	2
Archer Aviation SPACE	$204K	$177K	1	2
Halluminate AI	$203K	$180K	1	1
Cohere AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
SilkChart AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$200K	$179K	1	6
OP Labs FRONTIER	$199K	$188K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$199K	$173K	2	6
Decagon AI	$195K	$180K	2	7
Abridge AI	$194K	$179K	1	1
Sierra AI SPACE	$192K	$171K	2	6
Zipline ROBOTICS	$190K	$150K	1	3
Flexport FRONTIER	$190K	$170K	3	5
Vantor FRONTIER	$188K	$161K	1	1
Plaid FRONTIER	$186K	$138K	1	2
Rillet AI	$185K	$160K	1	2
Alchemy AI	$185K	$160K	1	2
NASA SPACE	$184K	$171K	1	1
Together AI AI	$181K	$160K	1	2
Luminai AI	$181K	$148K	1	2
Runway AI	$180K	$160K	1	5
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$180K	$165K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$179K	$148K	2	5
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$178K	$155K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$177K	$140K	1	2
Inferact AI	$176K	$117K	1	1
Hebbia AI	$175K	$150K	1	2
Raindrop AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Hercules AI	$175K	$100K	1	1
Mirage AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
E2B AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Town FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	1	2
Giga AI	$174K	$145K	1	2
Dover AI	$170K	$90K	0	1
Hadrius AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Axle AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$168K	$135K	1	2
Databricks AI	$168K	$141K	1	6
Perplexity AI	$168K	$150K	2	5
Roboflow AI	$168K	$110K	1	4
Fieldguide AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
OpenRouter AI	$165K	$150K	0	1
Profound AI	$165K	$130K	1	8
Kalshi AI	$164K	$133K	1	2
Pave AI	$163K	$155K	1	1
Valon Labs AI	$162K	$149K	1	1
Ambience Healthcare AI	$161K	$139K	1	1
Sieve AI	$160K	$120K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$160K	$145K	1	1
ClickUp AI	$160K	$140K	0	1
Headway FRONTIER	$160K	$136K	1	2
Glean AI	$155K	$135K	1	1
Harper AI	$155K	$125K	1	1
Community Phone Company AI	$155K	$140K	0	1
Unlock SPACE	$155K	$150K	1	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$155K	$138K	2	2
JPL SPACE	$153K	$134K	1	4
UnitedMasters AI	$153K	$130K	1	1
Scale AI AI	$151K	$146K	1	3
Spire Global SPACE	$151K	$130K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$150K	$120K	1	6
Reform AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
Emergent AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$150K	$140K	0	1
Fivetran AI	$148K	$131K	0	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$148K	$112K	2	2
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$146K	$126K	11	68
Glimpse AI	$145K	$130K	1	1
Craniometrix FRONTIER	$145K	$110K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$140K	$120K	1	3
Skylo SPACE	$140K	$125K	2	4
Salient AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Chariot AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Metriport AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Eight Sleep FRONTIER	$140K	$130K	1	1
Podium Automation AI	$140K	$120K	1	1
Stainless AI	$140K	$115K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$140K	$120K	2	7
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$138K	$95K	1	1
Replit AI	$138K	$125K	1	3
Very Good Security AI	$138K	$120K	1	1
Stepful FRONTIER	$136K	$133K	2	2
Skydio DEFENSE	$135K	$120K	1	5
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$135K	$120K	1	1
Sola AI	$135K	$120K	1	1
Camber FRONTIER	$135K	$120K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$134K	$112K	1	15
CesiumAstro SPACE	$131K	$119K	1	2
Vast SPACE	$131K	$105K	1	3
CLS Group FRONTIER	$130K	$120K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$130K	$100K	1	1
Cross River AI	$130K	$104K	1	1
ClearML AI	$128K	$115K	1	2
Navan FRONTIER	$126K	$78K	1	1
Agave AI	$125K	$90K	1	1
Clarion AI	$125K	$100K	1	1
Triomics AI	$125K	$110K	1	1
Amca FRONTIER	$125K	$100K	1	1
Clarasight FRONTIER	$125K	$110K	1	1
Outpost SPACE	$125K	$42K	1	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$123K	$107K	1	3
Whatnot FRONTIER	$123K	$116K	3	4
United States Space Force SPACE	$122K	$97K	2	2
EliseAI AI	$121K	$90K	2	4
ASML FRONTIER	$120K	$96K	1	2
Talos FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	1	1
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$120K	$104K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$119K	$93K	1	3
Sardine FRONTIER	$119K	$102K	0	1
Astranis SPACE	$118K	$101K	1	4
Aaru FRONTIER	$115K	$105K	1	1
Lemonade AI	$115K	$100K	1	1
Benchling FRONTIER	$114K	$104K	1	2
Kong AI	$114K	$104K	0	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$114K	$102K	1	2
Sierra Space SPACE	$112K	$94K	2	5
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$110K	$80K	1	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$108K	$91K	1	2
SpaceX SPACE	$107K	$94K	3	15
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$105K	$90K	3	5
Talkiatry FRONTIER	$105K	$90K	0	1
Tulip SPACE	$104K	$83K	1	3
Senra Systems AI	$100K	$82K	1	4
Stoke Space SPACE	$98K	$78K	1	2
Terminal AI	$96K	$83K	1	1
hud AI	$95K	$70K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$93K	$75K	2	5
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$90K	$75K	1	1
Rune Technologies DEFENSE	$90K	$80K	1	1
Pearpop FRONTIER	$85K	$70K	0	4
Dialpad AI	$79K	$70K	1	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$78K	$65K	0	2
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$77K	$73K	1	3
Phonely AI	$75K	$70K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$73K	$65K	0	1
Flint AI	$69K	$58K	1	1
menta SPACE	$67K	$64K	2	2
Ultima Genomics FRONTIER	$58K	$58K	1	1
Cyngn FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	1	1
Bree FRONTIER	$43K	$40K	1	1
Landeed AI	$37K	$26K	1	1
Wonderschool FRONTIER	$32K	$29K	11	12
Honor AI	$23K	$21K	0	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Roboflow	$110k–$225k	4
Blacksmith	$185k–$225k	7
Wonderschool	$29k–$35k	10

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