Compensation data for frontier tech

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

24,197 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

2,195 jobs · 595 companies

FRONTIER

$198k

965 jobs · 218 companies

ROBOTICS

$189k

126 jobs · 35 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

870 jobs · 32 companies

SPACE

$174k

958 jobs · 71 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	Aerospace Engineering	Sales & Marketing	Business & Finance	Operations	Design	Mechanical	People & HR	Technician	Research	Manufacturing	Security	Avionics	Total
9 Mothers DEFENSE	—	$200k 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5
Namespace FRONTIER	—	$193k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
NanoNets AI	—	—	$115k 3	$170k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Nowadays AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Nox Metals ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	$150k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
OneChronos AI	$180k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
OP Labs FRONTIER	—	—	—	$234k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Outerport AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	$150k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Pair Team FRONTIER	—	—	—	$203k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
PermitFlow AI	—	—	$325k 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Phylo AI	—	$250k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Poly AI	$225k 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Polymath Robotics ROBOTICS	—	$132k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
RADAR AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Reform AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Relling ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Splash Inc. ROBOTICS	$135k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Strac AI	$135k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Superpower FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	$145k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Tamarind Bio AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Triomics AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Turing Labs Inc. AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Two Dots AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6
Ultima Genomics FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	$52k 5	—	—	—	—	6
Vapi AI	$225k 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6

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