Compensation data for frontier tech

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

21,690 paid roles

1,678 hiring companies

16 positions tracked

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Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

AI

$213k

2,103 jobs · 624 companies

VC

$208k

7 jobs · 5 companies

ROBOTICS

$193k

122 jobs · 40 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

788 jobs · 31 companies

FRONTIER

$193k

982 jobs · 211 companies

SPACE

$174k

875 jobs · 76 companies

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Median base salary (USD) by company × position

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

Company	Software	Business & Finance	Aerospace Engineering	Sales & Marketing	Legal & Compliance	Mechanical	Operations	Design	Security	Manufacturing	Supply Chain	Research	Avionics	Electrical	Total
AIOS FRONTIER	$250k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
AiPrise FRONTIER	$42k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Ambient AI	$187k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Arva AI AI	—	—	—	$190k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
ATLAS SPACE	$80k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Ava Labs FRONTIER	$236k 4	$204k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Bretton AI AI	—	$185k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Casap FRONTIER	—	$148k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
CharacterQuilt AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Clipboard AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Closure DEFENSE	—	$163k 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Conductor Quantum AI	—	—	$150k 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Crustdata AI	$145k 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
dili AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Firefly Aerospace SPACE	—	—	—	$210k 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Gecko Robotics DEFENSE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Generate FRONTIER	—	$160k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Helium AI	—	$140k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
HyLight SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Karumi AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
LearnLux Financial Wellbeing SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Monumint AI	$175k 3	—	—	$275k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Moritz FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
MURAL FRONTIER	—	$199k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7
Novaflow FRONTIER	$148k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7

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