Compensation data for frontier tech

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

22,009 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

2,121 jobs · 626 companies

VC

$208k

7 jobs · 5 companies

ROBOTICS

$193k

123 jobs · 40 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

791 jobs · 31 companies

FRONTIER

$192k

990 jobs · 211 companies

SPACE

$174k

880 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	Aerospace Engineering	Business & Finance	Sales & Marketing	Design	Electrical	Research	People & HR	Mechanical	Technician	Total
Netlify AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Nine Fives SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
No Logo AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Numen AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Numero DEFENSE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Obviant FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
OffDeal AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
OP Labs FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Open AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
OpenWork SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Optifye.ai AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Orbital Sidekick SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Outset AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
OWNY AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
PaletteHQ AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
ParadeDB AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Paradigm VC	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Paragon SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Parallel Bio FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Parsewise AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Partcl FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Pasito AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Pave Robotics ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Pax AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Pelica AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2

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