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	$372K	$110K	1	2
OpenAI AI	$319K	$252K	7	35
Perplexity AI	$313K	$220K	1	1
Planet Labs SPACE	$293K	$261K	1	1
Cohere AI	$275K	$225K	1	1
Anthropic AI	$270K	$245K	6	57
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$270K	$240K	1	1
RevenueCat FRONTIER	$268K	$268K	0	2
Decagon AI	$265K	$200K	1	2
Andreessen Horowitz VC	$264K	$243K	1	2
Komodo Health AI	$264K	$237K	0	1
Plaid FRONTIER	$258K	$202K	2	2
Scale AI AI	$258K	$218K	3	7
Sardine FRONTIER	$253K	$235K	0	1
Figma AI	$253K	$169K	1	2
Profound AI	$253K	$230K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$250K	$150K	1	3
BioRender FRONTIER	$250K	$200K	1	1
Porter AI	$250K	$200K	1	1
Material Security FRONTIER	$248K	$235K	1	1
Candid Health AI	$247K	$210K	2	2
Gamma AI	$245K	$180K	1	1
Replit AI	$240K	$210K	1	7
EliseAI AI	$240K	$210K	1	1
Abridge AI	$237K	$218K	1	5
Fieldguide AI	$235K	$210K	1	1
Harvey AI AI	$235K	$188K	3	20
Databricks AI	$231K	$195K	1	7
Benchling FRONTIER	$230K	$195K	1	3
Kaizen Labs AI	$229K	$198K	1	3
LiteLLM AI	$228K	$210K	1	2
Cape AI	$228K	$200K	1	3
Chariot AI	$225K	$200K	1	1
Pomelo Care FRONTIER	$225K	$190K	0	1
Hark FRONTIER	$225K	$150K	1	3
Aurora Innovation AI	$222K	$171K	1	21
Mysten Labs FRONTIER	$222K	$180K	0	1
Glean AI	$220K	$160K	2	2
Greenboard AI	$220K	$180K	1	1
ClearML AI	$220K	$200K	1	3
Axle AI	$215K	$180K	1	1
Illumio FRONTIER	$214K	$194K	3	6
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$213K	$160K	1	3
Navan FRONTIER	$211K	$131K	1	1
SentiLink FRONTIER	$210K	$180K	0	3
Juicebox AI	$205K	$160K	1	2
Readily AI	$205K	$180K	1	1
Applied Intuition FRONTIER	$205K	$180K	2	7
Astranis SPACE	$203K	$155K	1	2
Temporal Technologies AI	$203K	$180K	0	1
Latitude AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
Casco AI	$200K	$200K	0	1
Raindrop AI	$200K	$150K	1	1
Novig AI	$200K	$175K	1	2
Odyssey AI	$200K	$180K	1	2
Starburst AI	$198K	$180K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$196K	$184K	1	1
Elliptic FRONTIER	$195K	$175K	1	2
Vulcan Technologies AI	$183K	$140K	1	2
Roboflow AI	$183K	$165K	1	1
Greenlight AI	$183K	$165K	1	1
xAI AI	$182K	$105K	1	4
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$180K	$160K	1	2
Sierra AI SPACE	$180K	$160K	1	1
GhostEye DEFENSE	$180K	$148K	1	2
Zip AI	$180K	$160K	1	1
CLS Group FRONTIER	$180K	$170K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$178K	$140K	1	6
Runway AI	$175K	$150K	0	2
Kontigo AI	$170K	$120K	1	1
Mercury FRONTIER	$168K	$150K	1	2
Palantir Technologies DEFENSE	$168K	$135K	5	22
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$166K	$133K	8	21
Method Security AI	$165K	$140K	1	1
Mixpanel AI	$164K	$140K	1	1
Cyble AI	$163K	$140K	1	2
Instacart FRONTIER	$162K	$158K	0	6
Phonely AI	$160K	$140K	1	1
dili AI	$160K	$95K	1	1
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$158K	$120K	1	7
Aglide FRONTIER	$156K	$108K	1	1
Sierra Space SPACE	$155K	$131K	1	2
Hex Security FRONTIER	$155K	$130K	1	1
National Security Agency DEFENSE	$150K	$105K	2	4
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$150K	$129K	7	27
Clearly AI AI	$150K	$125K	1	1
Aptos Labs FRONTIER	$150K	$120K	0	1
Boom SPACE	$150K	$120K	1	1
Oneleet AI	$149K	$118K	1	2
Ursa Major SPACE	$146K	$130K	0	1
GrowthBook AI	$145K	$140K	1	1
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	$144K	$127K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$141K	$117K	3	6
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$140K	$130K	0	1
Doppel FRONTIER	$138K	$125K	0	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$136K	$109K	0	1
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$134K	$120K	1	3
Red Canyon Software SPACE	$130K	$100K	0	1
Boeing SPACE	$128K	$104K	3	7
SpaceX SPACE	$125K	$105K	5	39
United States Space Force SPACE	$123K	$107K	1	1
Waymo FRONTIER	$122K	$119K	3	5
Vantor FRONTIER	$122K	$92K	4	4
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$119K	$94K	3	4
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$118K	$90K	1	1
Air Space Intelligence FRONTIER	$118K	$110K	1	1
Apex Space AI	$118K	$100K	1	1
Instawork AI	$110K	$105K	1	1
Topline Pro AI	$110K	$100K	0	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$100K	$80K	0	2
Human Computer FRONTIER	$100K	$90K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$92K	$83K	1	1
Kong AI	$90K	$75K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$89K	$81K	2	6
Skydio DEFENSE	$88K	$75K	0	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$82K	$64K	1	2
Emergent AI	$78K	$52K	1	1
Rimward AI	$70K	$58K	1	1
100ms FRONTIER	$68K	$52K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$67K	$67K	1	1
Whatnot FRONTIER	$55K	$50K	3	5
menta SPACE	$47K	$37K	4	4

Company	Median TC	Jobs
OpenAI	$256k–$385k	26
Figure AI	$150k–$350k	3
Hark	$150k–$300k	3
Scale AI	$223k–$297k	6
Anthropic	$245k–$290k	47
Replit	$210k–$270k	7
Benchling	$195k–$265k	3
Harvey AI	$151k–$252k	10
Applied Intuition	$180k–$230k	6
Palantir Technologies	$135k–$200k	19

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