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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.

21,725 paid roles
1,678 hiring companies
16 positions tracked

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Pick a position to see how its pay varies across SPACE, AI, ROBOTICS, DEFENSE, and FRONTIER companies.

Position

Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

AI
$213k
2,103 jobs · 623 companies
VC
$208k
7 jobs · 5 companies
ROBOTICS
$193k
123 jobs · 40 companies
DEFENSE
$193k
794 jobs · 31 companies
FRONTIER
$192k
982 jobs · 211 companies
SPACE
$172k
887 jobs · 76 companies

Featured companies

Median base salary (USD) by company × position

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

CompanyBusiness & FinanceSoftwareOperationsSales & MarketingAerospace EngineeringPeople & HRSecurityDesignLegal & ComplianceManufacturingSupply ChainMechanicalTechnicianResearchElectricalAvionicsTotal
Abridge logo
Abridge
AI
$167k
8
$229k
16
$196k
3
$237k
5
$255k
8
45
Astro Mechanica logo
Astro Mechanica
SPACE
$190k
4
$193k
5
$184k
4
$188k
21
41
Benchling logo
Benchling
FRONTIER
$141k
15
$204k
9
$161k
4
$135k
5
$230k
3
$192k
3
41
Blacksmith logo
Blacksmith
AI
$220k
16
$200k
9
$330k
4
$205k
7
37
Central Intelligence Agency logo
Central Intelligence Agency
DEFENSE
$119k
24
$91k
3
$104k
3
$146k
3
41
ClearML logo
ClearML
AI
$214k
8
$263k
16
$165k
3
$220k
3
34
ClickUp logo
ClickUp
AI
$195k
12
$225k
21
$200k
9
48
Cohere logo
Cohere
AI
$258k
16
$222k
6
$238k
3
$174k
5
$62k
8
$195k
3
46
Cresta logo
Cresta
AI
$235k
11
$229k
6
$158k
11
$220k
4
38
Dialpad logo
Dialpad
AI
$136k
12
$98k
5
$114k
6
$158k
3
37
Fieldguide logo
Fieldguide
AI
$178k
13
$199k
4
$150k
9
$205k
4
35
Flock Safety logo
Flock Safety
DEFENSE
$180k
11
$170k
11
$158k
3
$70k
3
37
Hark logo
Hark
FRONTIER
$285k
12
$315k
3
$225k
3
$225k
5
$315k
4
$225k
3
$315k
6
$210k
7
48
Headway logo
Headway
FRONTIER
$178k
14
$252k
7
$130k
3
$165k
5
$239k
3
39
Juicebox logo
Juicebox
AI
$211k
10
$205k
4
$218k
21
$205k
3
44
Mariana Minerals logo
Mariana Minerals
FRONTIER
$175k
6
$106k
4
$158k
7
$158k
4
$81k
4
36
OpenGov logo
OpenGov
DEFENSE
$161k
12
$143k
3
$115k
4
$115k
16
35
Planet Labs logo
Planet Labs
SPACE
$136k
5
$176k
8
$166k
4
$128k
12
$206k
5
$136k
6
45
Rain logo
Rain
FRONTIER
$525k
12
$525k
10
$525k
5
$525k
3
$215k
4
$525k
9
45
Sardine logo
Sardine
FRONTIER
$255k
7
$161k
11
$134k
6
$173k
7
35
SentiLink logo
SentiLink
FRONTIER
$225k
17
$208k
10
$215k
7
$210k
3
$120k
4
43
Temporal Technologies logo
Temporal Technologies
AI
$275k
15
$223k
21
40
Together AI logo
Together AI
AI
$263k
4
$225k
15
$275k
3
$195k
7
35
Tulip logo
Tulip
SPACE
$125k
4
$155k
11
$136k
14
$104k
3
$123k
8
45
Xona Space Systems logo
Xona Space Systems
SPACE
$165k
3
$155k
6
$153k
10
$134k
4
$94k
3
$163k
3
$90k
4
$183k
8
$166k
6
49

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