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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.

19,161 paid roles
1,575 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
$212k
1,900 jobs · 587 companies
VC
$215k
9 jobs · 5 companies
ROBOTICS
$191k
114 jobs · 28 companies
DEFENSE
$193k
666 jobs · 28 companies
FRONTIER
$195k
902 jobs · 188 companies
SPACE
$162k
786 jobs · 77 companies

Featured companies

Median base salary (USD) by company × position

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

CompanyBusiness & FinanceSoftwareSales & MarketingAerospace EngineeringOperationsMechanicalTechnicianPeople & HRSupply ChainLegal & ComplianceDesignElectricalSecurityManufacturingAvionicsTotal
Alpaca Health logo
Alpaca Health
FRONTIER
$85k
22
28
Candid Health logo
Candid Health
AI
$203k
3
$204k
4
$153k
6
$256k
3
23
Carta logo
Carta
FRONTIER
$199k
10
$224k
10
$181k
4
24
Central Intelligence Agency logo
Central Intelligence Agency
DEFENSE
$117k
17
25
CodeRabbit logo
CodeRabbit
AI
$231k
6
$205k
7
$210k
9
26
Confido logo
Confido
AI
$199k
14
$245k
7
28
Flexport logo
Flexport
FRONTIER
$101k
14
$206k
3
$139k
8
28
Hebbia logo
Hebbia
AI
$125k
6
$215k
5
$175k
5
25
Heron Power logo
Heron Power
FRONTIER
$175k
3
$180k
8
$175k
5
$175k
3
27
Hex Technologies logo
Hex Technologies
AI
$208k
6
$234k
7
$233k
4
$255k
5
24
Kong logo
Kong
AI
$350k
9
$147k
9
$147k
5
26
Loft Orbital logo
Loft Orbital
SPACE
$165k
11
$175k
7
28
Machina Labs logo
Machina Labs
ROBOTICS
$140k
3
$153k
6
$53k
3
$98k
7
24
Omada Health logo
Omada Health
FRONTIER
$160k
15
$202k
6
$146k
3
26
Pivotal Future logo
Pivotal Future
FRONTIER
$181k
3
$154k
8
$120k
3
24
Prenuvo logo
Prenuvo
FRONTIER
$54k
11
$98k
6
$103k
5
28
Retell AI logo
Retell AI
AI
$170k
3
$253k
8
$93k
6
$200k
7
26
Saildrone logo
Saildrone
DEFENSE
$132k
5
$222k
8
$202k
3
$125k
3
$90k
3
26
SentiLink logo
SentiLink
FRONTIER
$190k
10
$208k
6
$240k
3
25
Sesame logo
Sesame
AI
$228k
12
$228k
3
$234k
3
$228k
3
28
Skylo logo
Skylo
SPACE
$165k
9
$169k
6
$170k
5
$130k
3
28
Slingshot Aerospace logo
Slingshot Aerospace
SPACE
$168k
5
$162k
6
$200k
9
$140k
3
25
Stepful logo
Stepful
FRONTIER
$193k
8
$200k
5
$203k
6
$178k
3
24
Terran Orbital logo
Terran Orbital
SPACE
$143k
8
$80k
5
26
Valon Labs logo
Valon Labs
AI
$210k
4
$228k
5
$183k
11
25

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