Research 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
Parasma AI	$1.0M	$1.0M	1	1
Aktoria Robotics ROBOTICS	$525K	$450K	1	1
Thinking Machines Lab AI	$413K	$350K	1	9
Theorem AI	$400K	$300K	1	1
Aaru FRONTIER	$400K	$200K	1	5
OpenAI AI	$398K	$295K	2	36
MadeThis AI	$375K	$250K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$363K	$320K	2	21
Idler AI	$350K	$200K	1	1
Ambral AI	$325K	$250K	1	1
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$316K	$268K	0	1
Runway AI	$315K	$260K	0	3
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$309K	$281K	0	1
Ultra ROBOTICS	$300K	$250K	1	1
Decagon AI	$300K	$200K	1	4
Envoy AI	$300K	$200K	1	1
Udio AI	$300K	$250K	0	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$297K	$273K	1	2
Cohere AI	$292K	$207K	1	1
David AI AI	$285K	$210K	1	1
Perplexity AI	$275K	$200K	1	5
Plaid FRONTIER	$272K	$229K	1	1
Hedra AI	$263K	$200K	1	1
Waddle Labs ROBOTICS	$263K	$175K	1	1
Cantina AI	$260K	$200K	1	1
Periodic Labs AI	$260K	$220K	2	5
Unsiloed AI AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Labelbox AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Maze Therapeutics FRONTIER	$250K	$205K	1	4
Sygaldry Technologies SPACE	$250K	$200K	1	2
Interfaze AI	$250K	$150K	1	1
Scale AI AI	$243K	$216K	1	11
Headway FRONTIER	$239K	$212K	1	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$235K	$220K	0	1
Inferact AI	$234K	$156K	1	1
Sprig AI	$232K	$207K	2	2
Ambience Healthcare AI	$230K	$205K	1	1
Descript AI	$230K	$197K	1	1
Variant VC	$225K	$150K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$225K	$175K	2	4
Polymath FRONTIER	$225K	$150K	1	1
Phylo AI	$223K	$170K	1	1
Earli FRONTIER	$223K	$210K	1	2
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$221K	$190K	8	16
Skydio DEFENSE	$218K	$196K	1	3
Zep AI AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
arnata AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Mem0 AI	$213K	$175K	1	1
MURAL FRONTIER	$208K	$172K	1	1
Naive AI	$208K	$190K	1	1
hud AI	$208K	$120K	1	1
Figma AI	$206K	$161K	2	4
Confido AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Arva AI AI	$205K	$172K	1	1
Halluminate AI	$203K	$180K	1	1
Abundant AI	$203K	$120K	1	3
Harvey AI AI	$200K	$180K	2	2
Deepgram AI	$200K	$150K	0	1
MindFort DEFENSE	$200K	$150K	1	1
Maywood AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Granica AI	$200K	$160K	1	3
Terranox AI SPACE	$200K	$150K	1	1
CellType SPACE	$200K	$150K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$200K	$195K	1	1
Elliptic FRONTIER	$199K	$160K	1	2
Clipboard AI	$193K	$160K	1	1
Counsel Health AI	$193K	$165K	1	1
Exowatt FRONTIER	$193K	$170K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$191K	$162K	1	9
Waymo FRONTIER	$191K	$186K	3	19
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$190K	$160K	1	4
Rigetti Computing FRONTIER	$188K	$175K	1	3
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$185K	$165K	1	1
Antigen DEFENSE	$185K	$150K	1	1
Databricks AI	$176K	$156K	1	2
Shield AI DEFENSE	$175K	$140K	1	2
Contra FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	2	3
Rudus AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
KELAI AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Insitro FRONTIER	$175K	$170K	1	4
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$174K	$139K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$171K	$144K	1	4
MyOme FRONTIER	$171K	$158K	1	2
Freenome FRONTIER	$170K	$140K	0	7
Corgea DEFENSE	$170K	$120K	1	1
Beam AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$168K	$146K	3	5
Relativity Space SPACE	$168K	$135K	0	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$165K	$152K	4	5
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$165K	$130K	1	9
Tamarind Bio AI	$165K	$130K	1	2
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$164K	$145K	2	2
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$164K	$150K	1	2
NASA SPACE	$162K	$128K	1	1
Trata AI	$162K	$120K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$161K	$134K	0	1
Yondu ROBOTICS	$160K	$120K	1	1
Komodo Health AI	$160K	$129K	0	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$159K	$134K	1	9
Artos FRONTIER	$159K	$131K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$156K	$134K	2	6
GoGoGrandparent FRONTIER	$155K	$140K	1	1
Asimov ROBOTICS	$155K	$145K	1	4
Relari AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
Exonic AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
AKASA AI	$148K	$130K	0	1
Varda Space SPACE	$140K	$120K	1	2
Spellbrush AI	$138K	$75K	1	1
Instacart FRONTIER	$136K	$133K	0	3
Raven Space Systems SPACE	$135K	$110K	1	3
Together AI AI	$133K	$121K	1	2
United States Space Force SPACE	$133K	$110K	3	4
AirMyne FRONTIER	$133K	$110K	1	2
Basecamp Research FRONTIER	$131K	$110K	2	2
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$130K	$110K	1	3
National Security Agency DEFENSE	$130K	$87K	1	5
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$127K	$69K	1	2
Multiply Labs ROBOTICS	$125K	$115K	1	1
Manifold Bio FRONTIER	$121K	$112K	1	4
Tomorrow.io FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	1	2
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$120K	$100K	2	13
CTGT AI	$120K	$96K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$119K	$99K	1	5
Conveo AI	$115K	$80K	1	1
Dialpad AI	$111K	$98K	1	1
GloGlo AI	$108K	$75K	1	2
Dyno Therapeutics FRONTIER	$106K	$96K	1	1
Cua AI	$104K	$96K	1	1
Leeroo AI	$99K	$78K	1	1
Epinoma FRONTIER	$95K	$80K	1	2
Numen AI	$93K	$75K	1	1
SID AI	$90K	$60K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$84K	$84K	1	16
Neuralink FRONTIER	$83K	$68K	2	3
Laminar AI	$83K	$70K	1	1
Ankr Health AI	$75K	$64K	1	1
Silimate AI	$73K	$62K	1	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$72K	$64K	2	2
Parallel Bio FRONTIER	$68K	$68K	2	3
menta SPACE	$68K	$60K	3	3
Dynamo AI AI	$60K	$42K	1	1
Vira Health FRONTIER	$47K	$31K	1	2
AirGarage FRONTIER	$26K	$26K	0	1

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