Compensation data for frontier tech

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

24,594 paid roles

1,658 hiring companies

16 positions tracked

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Position

Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

VC

$250k

11 jobs · 5 companies

AI

$215k

2,213 jobs · 595 companies

FRONTIER

$198k

974 jobs · 217 companies

ROBOTICS

$186k

130 jobs · 35 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

876 jobs · 32 companies

SPACE

$173k

962 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	Mechanical	Technician	Electrical	Research	Total
Scott AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Short Story AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
ShortLoop AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Simple AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sira FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sleeper AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Slingshot Aerospace SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Social Radar AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Socratix AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sonauto AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sorting Robotics ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sourcebot AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Spark AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Sparkles SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Spine FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Spot Health FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Spott AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Stability AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Stacksync AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Standout AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Stilta SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Storyboarder AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Streamline Systems ROBOTICS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
$Strive Math logo$ Strive Math AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2
Structured AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2

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