Technician 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
Anthropic AI	$309K	$278K	4	8
Qualitate SPACE	$300K	$250K	1	1
Plaid FRONTIER	$298K	$266K	1	3
Waymo FRONTIER	$281K	$251K	1	5
Glean AI	$275K	$250K	2	2
Collectly FRONTIER	$275K	$250K	0	1
OpenAI AI	$272K	$225K	1	5
Idler AI	$263K	$125K	1	1
Databricks AI	$214K	$180K	0	3
Skydio DEFENSE	$209K	$173K	1	2
SentiLink FRONTIER	$203K	$190K	0	2
Aurelian AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
Sorting Robotics ROBOTICS	$180K	$170K	1	1
Tulip SPACE	$180K	$160K	1	1
Scale AI AI	$179K	$156K	1	2
Raycaster AI	$177K	$83K	1	1
CloudCruise AI	$175K	$150K	1	1
Plug FRONTIER	$174K	$158K	1	2
Sesame AI	$169K	$143K	1	2
Craniometrix FRONTIER	$163K	$130K	1	2
Komodo Health AI	$160K	$140K	0	1
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$152K	$120K	1	2
Astro Mechanica SPACE	$143K	$125K	1	1
HOKALI AI	$140K	$100K	0	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$133K	$110K	1	4
Archer Aviation SPACE	$132K	$114K	3	7
Maritime Fusion FRONTIER	$130K	$100K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$129K	$119K	1	1
Shield AI DEFENSE	$127K	$98K	1	13
Atoms FRONTIER	$124K	$94K	1	3
Cross River AI	$120K	$100K	1	3
Periodic Labs AI	$118K	$100K	1	5
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$118K	$102K	2	3
Reviving Mind FRONTIER	$115K	$100K	1	1
Gauss FRONTIER	$115K	$80K	0	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$113K	$104K	1	2
Abacus AI AI	$111K	$100K	4	4
Nowadays AI	$110K	$90K	1	1
Swan FRONTIER	$110K	$80K	1	1
Adialante FRONTIER	$109K	$108K	1	1
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$105K	$98K	8	10
Tomorrow.io FRONTIER	$105K	$90K	1	1
Charge Robotics ROBOTICS	$105K	$90K	2	7
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$101K	$73K	2	2
JPL SPACE	$98K	$88K	1	3
Saildrone DEFENSE	$98K	$83K	1	2
Feathery FRONTIER	$94K	$85K	1	2
Heron Power FRONTIER	$94K	$73K	1	2
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$93K	$86K	3	5
IonQ FRONTIER	$93K	$79K	1	2
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$91K	$83K	1	6
Zipline ROBOTICS	$90K	$77K	5	13
Mach9 AI	$90K	$80K	1	1
Weave Robotics ROBOTICS	$90K	$80K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$89K	$77K	14	93
Icarus Industries SPACE	$88K	$62K	1	1
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$87K	$70K	1	3
Spoon FRONTIER	$86K	$79K	1	1
Glacier ROBOTICS	$86K	$78K	2	2
xAI AI	$86K	$68K	3	3
Cyngn FRONTIER	$86K	$81K	1	1
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$85K	$64K	2	5
Apex Space AI	$85K	$73K	1	6
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$84K	$55K	1	2
Loft Orbital SPACE	$84K	$73K	2	2
Coba FRONTIER	$84K	$67K	0	2
Muon Space SPACE	$83K	$75K	1	1
Hermeus DEFENSE	$83K	$62K	1	5
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$83K	$73K	6	6
Relativity Space SPACE	$81K	$65K	3	38
Arc Boat Company FRONTIER	$81K	$81K	1	3
Vast SPACE	$81K	$53K	3	16
Vantor FRONTIER	$81K	$77K	2	3
Stratolaunch SPACE	$81K	$66K	1	1
Boeing SPACE	$80K	$61K	1	7
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$80K	$62K	3	16
Astranis SPACE	$79K	$67K	1	8
Ultra ROBOTICS	$79K	$63K	1	2
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$78K	$73K	1	1
Honor AI	$76K	$72K	2	2
Stoke Space SPACE	$75K	$61K	1	8
AirMyne FRONTIER	$75K	$65K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$75K	$62K	6	59
Sierra Space SPACE	$73K	$62K	4	10
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$73K	$62K	1	1
CesiumAstro SPACE	$71K	$64K	1	4
Neuralink FRONTIER	$71K	$56K	3	7
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$68K	$54K	0	3
Terran Orbital SPACE	$68K	$58K	1	5
Ursa Major SPACE	$67K	$59K	0	12
Planet Labs SPACE	$65K	$58K	1	1
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$65K	$52K	3	6
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$63K	$58K	4	4
Rocket Lab SPACE	$62K	$52K	6	23
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$62K	$53K	2	4
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$62K	$56K	5	17
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$62K	$62K	4	11
Proception Inc ROBOTICS	$62K	$52K	1	1
Senra Systems AI	$62K	$50K	1	7
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$61K	$55K	1	8
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$60K	$55K	5	6
Podium Automation AI	$59K	$56K	1	2
ASML FRONTIER	$58K	$50K	1	1
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$58K	$51K	1	2
World View DEFENSE	$58K	$55K	1	1
AIM Intelligent Machines ROBOTICS	$58K	$40K	1	2
SpaceX SPACE	$57K	$48K	8	116
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$55K	$52K	2	2
Nuro ROBOTICS	$55K	$54K	4	10
Verne Robotics ROBOTICS	$52K	$42K	1	1
Ultima Genomics FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	2	5
Culdesac FRONTIER	$51K	$48K	1	1
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$49K	$42K	83	87
United States Space Force SPACE	$47K	$44K	7	12
menta SPACE	$47K	$37K	5	5
SpotOn FRONTIER	$47K	$42K	3	5
Crescent Space SPACE	$46K	$43K	4	6
Phil FRONTIER	$46K	$42K	4	6
Felix AI	$45K	$44K	3	5
Shuttle Central AI	$44K	$40K	0	1
Axiom Space FRONTIER	$36K	$31K	1	1
Socket.dev FRONTIER	$31K	$25K	1	1
Mindpeak FRONTIER	$26K	$21K	1	1

Company	Median TC	Jobs
Relativity Space	$53k–$80k	5
Voyager Space	$65k–$77k	3
Alpaca Health	$42k–$56k	41
SpaceX	$47k–$56k	8
Ultima Genomics	$52k–$52k	3
Rocket Lab	$39k–$49k	3
United States Space Force	$39k–$46k	3

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