Security 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
Perplexity AI	$313K	$220K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$308K	$285K	6	61
Zipline ROBOTICS	$300K	$250K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$294K	$252K	6	35
Decagon AI	$283K	$200K	1	2
Thinking Machines Lab AI	$281K	$238K	2	4
Planet Labs SPACE	$275K	$245K	2	2
Harvey AI AI	$275K	$220K	2	13
Town FRONTIER	$275K	$250K	1	1
Cohere AI	$270K	$215K	3	5
Runway AI	$265K	$240K	0	2
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$264K	$243K	1	3
Scale AI AI	$252K	$213K	3	4
Headway FRONTIER	$251K	$223K	1	3
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$250K	$150K	1	5
Salient AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
BioRender FRONTIER	$250K	$200K	1	1
Porter AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$250K	$220K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$247K	$210K	2	2
Figma AI	$247K	$161K	1	4
Gamma AI	$245K	$180K	1	1
Sierra AI SPACE	$240K	$210K	2	3
Replit AI	$240K	$210K	1	1
EliseAI AI	$240K	$210K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$239K	$191K	3	8
Fieldguide AI	$235K	$210K	1	1
Abridge AI	$233K	$214K	1	3
LiteLLM AI	$228K	$210K	1	2
Chariot AI	$225K	$200K	1	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$225K	$190K	0	1
Namespace FRONTIER	$225K	$200K	1	1
Glean AI	$221K	$173K	2	4
Waymo FRONTIER	$221K	$198K	3	4
Vouch FRONTIER	$220K	$200K	1	1
Ambience Healthcare AI	$220K	$195K	1	2
Instacart FRONTIER	$219K	$213K	0	4
Databricks AI	$216K	$182K	1	11
Axle AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Bastion AI	$215K	$180K	0	1
Stripe FRONTIER	$213K	$170K	0	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$212K	$172K	1	4
Fivetran AI	$211K	$188K	0	2
Mysten Labs FRONTIER	$209K	$173K	0	2
Flexport FRONTIER	$206K	$186K	2	4
Juicebox AI	$205K	$160K	1	2
Cape AI	$205K	$180K	1	3
Astranis SPACE	$203K	$155K	1	2
BlackSky SPACE	$203K	$190K	0	1
Latitude AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
Casco AI	$200K	$200K	0	1
Raindrop AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Cyble AI	$200K	$175K	1	2
Odyssey AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
Starburst AI	$196K	$178K	1	2
hud AI	$195K	$140K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$184K	$148K	9	41
Vulcan Technologies AI	$183K	$140K	1	2
Roboflow AI	$183K	$165K	1	1
Greenlight AI	$183K	$165K	1	2
Muon Space SPACE	$181K	$154K	1	3
Zip AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
xAI AI	$179K	$100K	1	5
Shield AI DEFENSE	$179K	$143K	1	9
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$173K	$150K	1	3
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$171K	$120K	1	5
Plaid FRONTIER	$171K	$147K	3	6
Kontigo AI	$170K	$120K	1	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$169K	$148K	0	2
Relativity Space SPACE	$168K	$135K	2	2
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$168K	$135K	6	23
Valon Labs AI	$168K	$148K	1	2
Method Security AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Rain FRONTIER	$165K	$150K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$162K	$125K	5	24
Blue Origin SPACE	$160K	$134K	3	13
Mixpanel AI	$160K	$136K	1	1
CLS Group FRONTIER	$160K	$140K	1	3
Sardine FRONTIER	$160K	$130K	0	1
Apex Space AI	$160K	$139K	1	8
ClearML AI	$158K	$145K	1	3
Hex Security FRONTIER	$155K	$130K	1	1
Aglide FRONTIER	$152K	$106K	1	1
Illumio FRONTIER	$152K	$141K	2	6
Clearly AI AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
Kindred AI	$150K	$135K	0	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$149K	$123K	1	8
Oneleet AI	$149K	$118K	1	2
Archer Aviation SPACE	$147K	$131K	1	5
NASA SPACE	$147K	$128K	1	1
Ursa Major SPACE	$146K	$130K	0	1
SpaceX SPACE	$145K	$130K	5	70
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	$144K	$127K	1	1
Neuralink FRONTIER	$142K	$99K	1	1
Stoke Space SPACE	$139K	$111K	1	2
Saturn AI	$139K	$106K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$135K	$116K	6	7
Tulip SPACE	$130K	$110K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$128K	$115K	0	3
United States Space Force SPACE	$125K	$109K	4	8
JPL SPACE	$122K	$118K	1	5
Boeing SPACE	$120K	$99K	2	4
Air Space Intelligence FRONTIER	$118K	$110K	1	1
Stream Security FRONTIER	$115K	$100K	0	1
Instawork AI	$110K	$105K	1	1
Topline Pro AI	$110K	$100K	0	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$95K	$76K	1	1
National Security Agency DEFENSE	$92K	$50K	3	9
Kodex AI	$90K	$70K	0	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$86K	$73K	1	1
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$79K	$68K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$74K	$68K	1	1
MedMe Health FRONTIER	$69K	$60K	1	1
Rimward AI	$68K	$56K	1	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$63K	$54K	1	1
AiPrise FRONTIER	$54K	$42K	1	2
Vast SPACE	$50K	$42K	1	2
Senra Systems AI	$49K	$46K	1	1
menta SPACE	$47K	$37K	7	7

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