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
Rain FRONTIER	$525K	$50K	1	2
Anthropic AI	$333K	$300K	4	19
Perplexity AI	$313K	$220K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$310K	$234K	5	35
Thyme Care FRONTIER	$296K	$272K	0	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$293K	$261K	1	1
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$270K	$240K	1	1
Worldcoin AI	$267K	$249K	1	2
Replit AI	$265K	$210K	1	7
Decagon AI	$265K	$200K	1	2
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$264K	$243K	1	2
Adaptive Security FRONTIER	$263K	$225K	1	1
xAI AI	$260K	$180K	2	5
Plaid FRONTIER	$258K	$202K	2	2
Zipline ROBOTICS	$253K	$230K	1	1
Sardine FRONTIER	$253K	$235K	0	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$250K	$150K	1	3
Porter AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
SentiLink FRONTIER	$250K	$220K	0	1
CodeRabbit AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Material Security FRONTIER	$248K	$235K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$247K	$210K	2	2
Arena AI	$245K	$165K	1	2
Gamma AI	$245K	$180K	1	1
Scale AI AI	$242K	$215K	4	6
EliseAI AI	$240K	$210K	1	1
Hex Technologies AI	$239K	$182K	1	1
CLS Group FRONTIER	$238K	$225K	1	6
Abridge AI	$237K	$218K	1	5
Fieldguide AI	$235K	$210K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$235K	$188K	3	15
Databricks AI	$234K	$195K	1	7
Benchling FRONTIER	$230K	$195K	1	3
Cohere AI	$228K	$183K	2	2
Cape AI	$228K	$200K	0	2
Cyble AI	$225K	$200K	0	1
Hark FRONTIER	$225K	$150K	1	3
Figma AI	$225K	$153K	1	3
Aurora Innovation AI	$222K	$171K	1	22
Glean AI	$220K	$160K	2	2
Greenboard AI	$220K	$180K	1	1
Sierra AI SPACE	$217K	$197K	2	2
Stripe FRONTIER	$215K	$177K	2	2
Illumio FRONTIER	$214K	$194K	2	7
Quora AI	$211K	$172K	0	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$210K	$175K	2	2
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$208K	$168K	1	4
Abacum AI	$208K	$200K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	2	7
Instacart FRONTIER	$205K	$199K	0	5
Temporal Technologies AI	$203K	$180K	0	2
Casco AI	$200K	$200K	0	1
Raindrop AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Kaizen Labs AI	$200K	$180K	1	1
Greenlight AI	$196K	$173K	1	2
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$195K	$175K	1	3
Profound AI	$195K	$150K	1	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$194K	$168K	0	1
ClearML AI	$194K	$168K	1	2
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$189K	$158K	1	4
Blee AI	$185K	$170K	1	1
Navan FRONTIER	$183K	$113K	3	4
Roboflow AI	$183K	$165K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$181K	$145K	7	19
Zip AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
Runway AI	$175K	$150K	0	3
PostHog AI	$175K	$100K	0	1
Astranis SPACE	$173K	$130K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$170K	$146K	9	42
Escape FRONTIER	$170K	$140K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$170K	$152K	3	3
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$168K	$135K	5	22
Boeing SPACE	$167K	$130K	5	9
Method Security AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$163K	$131K	1	1
Mixpanel AI	$162K	$137K	1	1
Phonely AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
Arketa FRONTIER	$160K	$140K	1	1
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$158K	$140K	0	3
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	$156K	$135K	1	2
Hex Security FRONTIER	$155K	$130K	1	1
Aglide FRONTIER	$153K	$107K	1	1
Aptos Labs FRONTIER	$150K	$120K	0	1
Boom SPACE	$150K	$120K	1	1
Carta FRONTIER	$148K	$136K	0	1
JPL SPACE	$145K	$131K	1	3
Clearly AI AI	$145K	$115K	1	2
GrowthBook AI	$145K	$140K	1	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$138K	$125K	0	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$137K	$122K	1	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$134K	$120K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$128K	$96K	1	2
Inversion Space SPACE	$125K	$110K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$125K	$100K	1	7
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$124K	$110K	2	2
SpaceX SPACE	$124K	$108K	4	18
Rocket Lab SPACE	$124K	$104K	1	2
Apex Space AI	$118K	$100K	1	1
United States Space Force SPACE	$117K	$92K	3	3
Relativity Space SPACE	$116K	$93K	0	2
Instawork AI	$110K	$105K	1	1
Topline Pro AI	$110K	$100K	0	1
Oneleet AI	$110K	$80K	1	5
Ursa Major SPACE	$106K	$94K	1	1
Vantor FRONTIER	$89K	$77K	2	2
Kong AI	$88K	$74K	1	1
Skydio DEFENSE	$88K	$75K	0	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$86K	$73K	3	3
Waymark FRONTIER	$86K	$81K	0	1
Emergent AI	$79K	$52K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$75K	$58K	2	2
CesiumAstro SPACE	$74K	$68K	1	3
Rimward AI	$69K	$57K	1	1
100ms FRONTIER	$68K	$52K	1	1
Whatnot FRONTIER	$55K	$50K	3	5
Locus Robotics ROBOTICS	$52K	$42K	1	1
menta SPACE	$47K	$37K	5	5
Very Good Security AI	$42K	$42K	0	1
AiPrise FRONTIER	$37K	$37K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
OpenAI	$243k–$385k	32
Figure AI	$150k–$350k	3
Anthropic	$290k–$345k	17
xAI	$180k–$340k	5
Replit	$210k–$320k	7
Hark	$150k–$300k	3
Figma	$153k–$296k	3
Scale AI	$227k–$284k	5
Harvey AI	$185k–$278k	5
Benchling	$195k–$265k	3

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