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Compensation data for frontier tech

Real salaries from H1B filings, public bands, and community submissions across space, AI, robotics, and defense.

24,137 paid roles
1,659 hiring companies
16 positions tracked

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Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

VC
$250k
11 jobs · 5 companies
AI
$215k
2,199 jobs · 596 companies
FRONTIER
$198k
971 jobs · 219 companies
ROBOTICS
$185k
129 jobs · 36 companies
DEFENSE
$193k
865 jobs · 32 companies
SPACE
$174k
971 jobs · 71 companies

Featured companies

Median base salary (USD) by company × position

Annualized base from active job postings · jobs in chip below each cell

CompanyBusiness & FinanceOperationsSoftwareAerospace EngineeringSales & MarketingSecurityPeople & HRLegal & ComplianceTechnicianMechanicalManufacturingElectricalSupply ChainDesignAvionicsResearchTotal
Alpaca Health logo
Alpaca Health
FRONTIER
$195k
205
$100k
12
$225k
3
—
$85k
40
———
$49k
82
————
$115k
3
——345
Anduril Industries logo
Anduril Industries
DEFENSE
$170k
125
$150k
147
$209k
513
$170k
383
$157k
12
$177k
42
$149k
84
$170k
21
$89k
96
$170k
152
$150k
283
$170k
209
$150k
165
$182k
6
$193k
43
$221k
16
2297
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
AI
$295k
86
$345k
43
$403k
145
$422k
48
$294k
84
$308k
60
$270k
9
$300k
26
$309k
8
$328k
5
$363k
5
—
$363k
10
$345k
4
—
$363k
21
556
Astranis logo
Astranis
SPACE
$133k
9
—
$100k
26
$100k
18
$150k
10
—
$123k
6
—
$79k
8
$100k
30
$102k
12
$94k
28
$133k
3
—
$100k
25
—180
Blue Origin logo
Blue Origin
SPACE
$149k
47
$161k
23
$198k
115
$157k
434
$174k
6
$159k
14
$148k
21
$157k
9
$75k
59
$145k
98
$122k
90
$174k
65
$126k
28
$98k
7
$157k
120
$119k
5
1141
CesiumAstro logo
CesiumAstro
SPACE
$217k
4
$205k
3
$139k
16
$147k
68
$236k
6
———
$71k
4
$147k
17
$125k
10
$167k
26
$117k
7
———165
Databricks logo
Databricks
AI
$216k
106
$212k
21
$215k
152
$216k
87
$216k
58
$216k
11
$204k
7
$235k
9
$214k
3
—
$216k
13
$210k
5
—
$198k
5
——481
Harvey AI logo
Harvey AI
AI
$209k
37
$194k
21
$242k
66
$238k
4
$185k
51
$275k
13
$160k
12
$270k
29
—————
$221k
12
——249
menta logo
menta
SPACE
$65k
149
$54k
9
———
$47k
7
——
$47k
5
——————
$68k
3
174
Northrop Grumman logo
Northrop Grumman
SPACE
$118k
26
$143k
10
$143k
28
$143k
92
———
$166k
3
$65k
4
—
$90k
16
$133k
6
$118k
8
—
$159k
8
—205
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
AI
$238k
85
$267k
64
$336k
215
$304k
60
$272k
65
$294k
35
$265k
23
$294k
13
$272k
5
$272k
19
$246k
9
$311k
15
$268k
8
$278k
15
—
$398k
35
668
Palantir Technologies logo
Palantir Technologies
DEFENSE
$121k
36
$125k
16
$168k
104
$118k
7
$156k
8
$168k
23
$87k
4
$110k
16
—
$105k
3
———
$140k
12
——229
Relativity Space logo
Relativity Space
SPACE
$154k
13
$130k
11
$192k
25
$165k
58
——
$128k
8
—
$81k
38
$155k
78
$134k
58
$175k
13
$146k
13
—
$185k
26
—349
Rocket Lab logo
Rocket Lab
SPACE
$151k
28
$46k
7
$183k
43
$135k
101
$110k
14
$239k
8
$82k
8
—
$61k
22
$143k
49
$109k
23
$175k
25
$81k
23
—
$134k
24
—377
Shield AI logo
Shield AI
DEFENSE
$175k
43
$150k
39
$202k
82
$190k
112
$165k
16
$179k
9
$165k
8
$160k
3
$109k
14
$171k
51
$190k
25
$121k
22
$150k
15
$233k
6
$171k
27
—474
Sierra AI logo
Sierra AI
SPACE
$291k
41
$210k
13
$294k
74
$283k
4
$218k
27
$241k
3
—
$235k
3
—————
$208k
3
——170
Sierra Space logo
Sierra Space
SPACE
$145k
22
$141k
9
$186k
19
$163k
59
———
$128k
4
$73k
10
$131k
9
$130k
15
$163k
4
$108k
15
—
$169k
7
—177
SpaceX logo
SpaceX
SPACE
$113k
79
$136k
82
$143k
310
$143k
174
$150k
67
$145k
65
$124k
22
$160k
26
$57k
115
$109k
109
$109k
109
$125k
86
$118k
98
—
$123k
42
—1385
Talkiatry logo
Talkiatry
FRONTIER
$198k
124
$154k
6
——
$159k
14
————————
$198k
3
——152
The Aerospace Corporation logo
The Aerospace Corporation
SPACE
$152k
30
$168k
8
$146k
26
$155k
243
$178k
3
$162k
24
—
$134k
5
$79k
4
$147k
16
—
$155k
14
$120k
4
—
$161k
3
$120k
13
397
True Anomaly logo
True Anomaly
DEFENSE
$191k
12
$178k
5
$220k
23
$170k
31
—
$149k
8
—
$184k
4
$62k
4
$145k
28
$149k
4
$145k
11
$100k
11
—
$195k
21
—165
Vast logo
Vast
SPACE
$123k
19
$180k
9
$181k
12
$154k
25
$155k
4
—
$119k
8
—
$81k
16
$154k
41
$113k
16
$158k
3
$118k
7
$164k
3
$154k
30
—197
Voyager Space logo
Voyager Space
DEFENSE
$191k
22
$180k
9
$180k
12
$193k
47
—
$173k
3
—
$140k
7
$62k
17
$151k
16
$105k
30
$222k
14
$110k
11
—
$260k
3
—196
Waymo logo
Waymo
FRONTIER
$212k
45
$195k
26
$238k
163
$232k
21
$198k
11
$221k
4
$178k
6
$209k
9
$281k
5
$270k
9
$235k
4
$212k
5
$220k
12
——
$191k
19
342
Zipline logo
Zipline
ROBOTICS
$117k
16
$71k
21
$195k
37
$173k
21
$71k
7
——
$185k
8
$90k
13
$172k
22
$71k
5
$178k
19
$156k
7
—
$164k
10
—190

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