Compensation data for frontier tech

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

21,793 paid roles

1,676 hiring companies

16 positions tracked

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Position

Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

AI

$213k

2,113 jobs · 626 companies

VC

$208k

7 jobs · 5 companies

ROBOTICS

$193k

122 jobs · 40 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

788 jobs · 31 companies

FRONTIER

$193k

985 jobs · 211 companies

SPACE

$174k

877 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	Aerospace Engineering	Software	Business & Finance	Mechanical	Sales & Marketing	Electrical	Design	Research	Technician	Total
Capy AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cardboard FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cargo AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Carma AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Castle FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cedana AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cekura AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
CellType SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Charge Robotics ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Clad AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Code Four DEFENSE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
CodeAnt AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
CoLoop AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Converge AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Coverage Cat AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cranston AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Credal.ai AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
CrowdVolt SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Cua AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
CX2 AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Dalus AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Dart VC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Dayjob SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
DeepAware AI ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Dench.com AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2

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