Science Salaries Across Frontier Tech

Median pay by company, ranked, from salaries disclosed in active job postings across space, AI, robotics and defense.

400 qualifying jobs

138 companies

50 locations

Companies ranked by median Science pay

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Company	Median pay	Median Base	Locations	Reports
Parasma AI	$1.0M	$1.0M	1	1
Aktoria Robotics ROBOTICS	$525K	$450K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$440K	$380K	2	25
Thinking Machines Lab AI	$413K	$350K	1	13
Theorem AI	$400K	$300K	1	1
Aaru FRONTIER	$400K	$200K	1	5
Runway AI	$343K	$305K	0	2
Anthropic AI	$328K	$300K	2	22
Rezo Therapeutics AI	$320K	$270K	1	1
AssemblyAI AI	$290K	$270K	0	1
World Labs AI	$288K	$250K	1	1
David AI AI	$285K	$210K	1	1
SF Tensor AI	$270K	$225K	1	1
Hedra AI	$263K	$200K	1	1
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$261K	$212K	1	2
Cantina AI	$260K	$200K	1	1
Ultra ROBOTICS	$256K	$200K	1	2
Glean AI	$255K	$180K	1	1
Sesame AI	$255K	$190K	1	1
Unsiloed AI AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Autonomous Technologies Group AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
PostEra AI	$250K	$200K	0	1
Sygaldry Technologies SPACE	$250K	$200K	1	2
Simantic AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Instacart FRONTIER	$247K	$240K	0	1
Periodic Labs AI	$239K	$203K	1	4
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$230K	$210K	1	7
Inductive Bio FRONTIER	$230K	$210K	1	1
Descript AI	$230K	$197K	1	1
Plaid FRONTIER	$227K	$191K	1	1
Variant AI	$225K	$150K	1	1
Yondu ROBOTICS	$225K	$175K	1	1
Earli FRONTIER	$220K	$205K	1	1
arnata AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Insitro FRONTIER	$214K	$199K	1	4
Y Combinator VC	$214K	$190K	1	2
Navan FRONTIER	$213K	$161K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$213K	$189K	1	1
Devoted Health FRONTIER	$213K	$175K	0	1
Roboflow AI	$212K	$168K	1	3
SentiLink FRONTIER	$210K	$210K	0	2
Sentra FRONTIER	$210K	$120K	1	1
Figma AI	$210K	$169K	1	5
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$208K	$191K	0	1
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$208K	$182K	1	1
hud AI	$208K	$120K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$207K	$135K	1	10
Ambient AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Perplexity AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
Deepgram AI	$200K	$150K	0	1
MindFort DEFENSE	$200K	$150K	1	1
Maywood AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$200K	$150K	2	5
Granica AI	$200K	$160K	1	2
CellType SPACE	$200K	$150K	1	1
TrainLoop AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Discovered Materials AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Nori ROBOTICS	$200K	$150K	1	2
Muon Space SPACE	$195K	$178K	2	4
Clipboard AI	$193K	$160K	1	1
Counsel Health AI	$193K	$165K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$192K	$165K	7	11
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$190K	$160K	1	3
Preload ROBOTICS	$188K	$150K	1	1
Scale AI AI	$186K	$166K	2	13
IonQ FRONTIER	$180K	$160K	3	6
Waymo FRONTIER	$177K	$177K	3	17
Contra FRONTIER	$175K	$150K	2	2
Rudus AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
MyOme FRONTIER	$174K	$165K	1	2
Freenome FRONTIER	$170K	$140K	1	10
Data Driven Bioscience AI	$170K	$140K	1	1
Qualitate SPACE	$170K	$140K	1	2
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$165K	$152K	2	3
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$165K	$130K	1	6
Tamarind Bio AI	$165K	$130K	1	3
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$164K	$150K	1	3
Trata AI	$162K	$120K	1	1
SpaceX SPACE	$160K	$130K	1	1
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$160K	$135K	2	2
Origin AI	$155K	$140K	1	1
Terranox AI SPACE	$153K	$116K	2	2
NASA SPACE	$153K	$133K	1	1
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$153K	$120K	1	2
ASML FRONTIER	$151K	$127K	2	5
Relace AI	$150K	$100K	1	1
Exonic AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$149K	$128K	3	5
KoBold Metals AI	$149K	$120K	2	4
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$148K	$119K	1	2
Atoms FRONTIER	$146K	$146K	2	2
xAI AI	$143K	$100K	1	1
United States Space Force SPACE	$143K	$119K	2	2
Whatnot FRONTIER	$143K	$135K	0	1
Varda Space SPACE	$140K	$120K	1	4
WellTheory FRONTIER	$140K	$130K	0	1
Spellbrush AI	$138K	$75K	1	1
Basecamp Research FRONTIER	$138K	$110K	1	4
Raven Space Systems SPACE	$135K	$110K	1	1
Together AI AI	$133K	$121K	1	2
Manifold Bio FRONTIER	$128K	$118K	1	4
Locus Robotics ROBOTICS	$128K	$94K	1	1
Asimov ROBOTICS	$125K	$120K	1	8
Multiply Labs ROBOTICS	$125K	$115K	1	3
CesiumAstro SPACE	$125K	$113K	1	1
Hub.xyz AI	$123K	$112K	1	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$120K	$68K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$120K	$100K	3	17
CTGT AI	$120K	$96K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$120K	$110K	1	3
Maze Therapeutics FRONTIER	$117K	$105K	1	1
Tomorrow.io FRONTIER	$115K	$105K	0	1
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$114K	$108K	2	2
AirMyne FRONTIER	$113K	$98K	1	2
Skydio DEFENSE	$112K	$107K	1	2
Lucebox FRONTIER	$110K	$80K	1	1
Epinoma FRONTIER	$108K	$90K	1	1
GloGlo AI	$108K	$75K	1	2
Blue Origin SPACE	$105K	$88K	1	4
Cua AI	$104K	$96K	1	1
Molagri FRONTIER	$103K	$92K	1	4
Leeroo AI	$99K	$78K	1	1
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$95K	$67K	1	1
SID AI	$90K	$60K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$84K	$84K	2	21
Karman Plus SPACE	$78K	$65K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$77K	$62K	2	3
Octant FRONTIER	$75K	$70K	1	1
Freya SPACE	$75K	$50K	1	1
Silimate AI	$73K	$62K	1	1
Ultima Genomics FRONTIER	$73K	$73K	1	1
Parallel Bio FRONTIER	$67K	$67K	2	3
Cohere AI	$66K	$66K	1	3
Neuralink FRONTIER	$65K	$56K	1	2
Kastle AI	$62K	$62K	0	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$60K	$50K	1	1
Adalat AI AI	$45K	$27K	0	1
Hippocratic AI AI	$31K	$21K	0	1