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	$335K	$290K	3	9
ClearML AI	$325K	$300K	1	1
Qualitate SPACE	$300K	$250K	1	1
OpenAI AI	$300K	$244K	1	6
Waymo FRONTIER	$300K	$266K	2	8
Plaid FRONTIER	$292K	$276K	1	4
Worldcoin AI	$278K	$255K	1	1
Glean AI	$275K	$250K	2	2
Collectly FRONTIER	$275K	$250K	0	1
Leaping AI AI	$235K	$220K	1	1
Databricks AI	$228K	$192K	1	3
SentiLink FRONTIER	$225K	$200K	0	1
Whatnot FRONTIER	$213K	$195K	1	1
Formation Bio FRONTIER	$205K	$178K	1	1
Aurelian AI	$200K	$160K	1	1
Archer Aviation SPACE	$199K	$172K	1	3
Idler AI	$195K	$140K	1	1
Atoms FRONTIER	$193K	$170K	2	3
Alpha-9 Oncology FRONTIER	$185K	$175K	1	1
Sorting Robotics ROBOTICS	$180K	$170K	1	1
Tulip SPACE	$180K	$160K	1	1
Raycaster AI	$177K	$83K	1	1
PsiQuantum FRONTIER	$164K	$151K	1	1
Komodo Health AI	$160K	$140K	0	1
Relativity Space SPACE	$157K	$125K	0	2
Skydio DEFENSE	$153K	$131K	1	4
Central Intelligence Agency DEFENSE	$152K	$120K	1	2
Sesame AI	$150K	$120K	1	1
HOKALI AI	$140K	$100K	0	1
Inversion Space SPACE	$138K	$116K	1	2
Shield AI DEFENSE	$137K	$104K	0	14
Maritime Fusion FRONTIER	$130K	$100K	1	1
Varda Space SPACE	$129K	$119K	1	1
Muon Space SPACE	$128K	$121K	1	1
Periodic Labs AI	$118K	$100K	1	4
Scale AI AI	$117K	$104K	1	4
Northwood Space DEFENSE	$117K	$101K	1	2
Stratolaunch SPACE	$117K	$101K	1	3
Bicara Therapeutics FRONTIER	$117K	$105K	1	1
Reviving Mind FRONTIER	$115K	$100K	1	1
Prenuvo FRONTIER	$115K	$110K	2	2
Nowadays AI	$110K	$90K	1	1
Adialante FRONTIER	$109K	$108K	1	1
Terran Orbital SPACE	$105K	$90K	1	1
Vast SPACE	$104K	$85K	2	3
Agility Robotics ROBOTICS	$101K	$88K	1	2
Pave Robotics ROBOTICS	$100K	$80K	1	1
Cross River AI	$100K	$90K	1	1
Anduril Industries DEFENSE	$100K	$86K	11	70
Boston Dynamics ROBOTICS	$100K	$88K	3	4
Amber Bio FRONTIER	$98K	$70K	2	5
Saildrone DEFENSE	$98K	$83K	1	2
Honor AI	$97K	$90K	2	2
Contrario AI	$95K	$80K	1	1
Apptronik ROBOTICS	$94K	$83K	1	1
Heron Power FRONTIER	$94K	$73K	1	2
Abacus AI AI	$91K	$85K	4	4
Xona Space Systems SPACE	$90K	$71K	1	4
Weave Robotics ROBOTICS	$90K	$80K	1	1
Icarus Industries SPACE	$88K	$62K	1	1
Figure AI ROBOTICS	$88K	$70K	4	16
Apex Space AI	$87K	$77K	1	2
xAI AI	$86K	$68K	2	3
Cyngn FRONTIER	$86K	$81K	1	1
JPL SPACE	$85K	$80K	1	2
Zipline ROBOTICS	$84K	$75K	5	15
Chariot Defense DEFENSE	$84K	$55K	1	2
Aurora Innovation AI	$84K	$71K	0	5
Coba FRONTIER	$84K	$67K	0	2
Hermeus DEFENSE	$83K	$62K	1	4
Gravitics SPACE	$82K	$73K	1	1
Commonwealth Fusion Systems FRONTIER	$82K	$64K	3	10
Ultra ROBOTICS	$81K	$68K	1	2
Boeing SPACE	$80K	$61K	2	9
Astranis SPACE	$79K	$61K	1	4
Helion Energy FRONTIER	$79K	$69K	1	4
GITAI SPACE	$78K	$52K	1	1
Moon Express DEFENSE	$78K	$62K	1	1
Mariana Minerals FRONTIER	$78K	$73K	2	4
Pylon AI	$78K	$52K	1	1
Glacier ROBOTICS	$78K	$70K	1	1
Radiant FRONTIER	$77K	$69K	1	1
Latitude AI	$76K	$61K	2	5
CesiumAstro SPACE	$75K	$65K	1	1
Blue Origin SPACE	$75K	$62K	6	38
Thales Alenia Space SPACE	$74K	$58K	7	9
Arc Boat Company FRONTIER	$74K	$74K	1	2
Sierra Space SPACE	$72K	$61K	5	14
Northrop Grumman SPACE	$71K	$54K	4	12
Katalyst Space Technologies SPACE	$70K	$60K	1	1
Flock Safety DEFENSE	$70K	$60K	1	3
Voyager Space DEFENSE	$70K	$65K	6	12
Ursa Major SPACE	$68K	$60K	0	9
ABL Space Systems SPACE	$68K	$54K	0	3
Parametric ROBOTICS	$68K	$62K	1	1
Magic Leap AI	$68K	$62K	2	2
Stoke Space SPACE	$67K	$55K	2	5
The Aerospace Corporation SPACE	$66K	$52K	2	4
Lido AI	$65K	$60K	0	1
IonQ FRONTIER	$63K	$56K	1	2
Proception Inc ROBOTICS	$62K	$52K	1	1
CX2 AI	$62K	$52K	1	1
Loombotic FRONTIER	$62K	$54K	1	3
Senra Systems AI	$62K	$49K	2	6
Neuralink FRONTIER	$60K	$47K	1	4
Cambium FRONTIER	$60K	$55K	1	1
True Anomaly DEFENSE	$60K	$50K	1	1
ASML FRONTIER	$58K	$50K	1	1
World View DEFENSE	$58K	$55K	1	1
Rocket Lab SPACE	$56K	$48K	2	2
Nuro ROBOTICS	$56K	$56K	4	14
Sprinter Health FRONTIER	$56K	$52K	21	22
SpaceX SPACE	$56K	$48K	8	96
Serve Robotics ROBOTICS	$55K	$54K	2	3
Plasmidsaurus FRONTIER	$55K	$52K	3	3
Agile Space Industries SPACE	$55K	$44K	1	1
Machina Labs ROBOTICS	$53K	$48K	1	4
Verne Robotics ROBOTICS	$52K	$42K	1	1
Podium Automation AI	$52K	$52K	1	1
Ultima Genomics FRONTIER	$52K	$52K	1	1
Flow AI	$52K	$50K	1	1
Journey AI	$51K	$47K	1	1
Alpaca Health FRONTIER	$49K	$42K	46	47
United States Space Force SPACE	$48K	$44K	7	10
menta SPACE	$48K	$39K	3	3
SpotOn FRONTIER	$47K	$42K	1	1
Felix AI	$47K	$45K	2	3
Phil FRONTIER	$46K	$42K	4	8
Shuttle Central AI	$44K	$40K	0	1
Loft Orbital SPACE	$39K	$37K	1	1
Near Space Labs SPACE	$38K	$35K	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
Northrop Grumman	$41k–$68k	3
Alpaca Health	$42k–$56k	25
SpaceX	$46k–$55k	9
United States Space Force	$39k–$49k	4

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