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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.

24,137 paid roles
1,659 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

VC
$250k
11 jobs · 5 companies
AI
$215k
2,199 jobs · 596 companies
FRONTIER
$198k
971 jobs · 219 companies
ROBOTICS
$185k
129 jobs · 36 companies
DEFENSE
$193k
865 jobs · 32 companies
SPACE
$174k
971 jobs · 71 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 EngineeringOperationsPeople & HRMechanicalLegal & ComplianceDesignTechnicianSupply ChainManufacturingElectricalSecurityAvionicsResearchTotal
ABL Space Systems logo
ABL Space Systems
SPACE
———
$173k
10
—————
$68k
3
——
$205k
3
—
$175k
5
—29
Agile Space Industries logo
Agile Space Industries
SPACE
—
$172k
5
—
$175k
9
——
$172k
5
————
$116k
4
————31
Array Labs logo
Array Labs
SPACE
$200k
4
$225k
5
————
$185k
9
—————
$175k
7
———33
BlackSky logo
BlackSky
SPACE
$143k
4
$185k
3
—
$149k
8
————————————26
Candid Health logo
Candid Health
AI
$169k
8
$185k
3
$153k
7
—
$188k
3
$165k
3
——————————29
Carta logo
Carta
FRONTIER
$107k
9
$231k
3
$199k
6
————
$134k
11
————————33
CodeRabbit logo
CodeRabbit
AI
$335k
5
$240k
5
$225k
9
—————
$206k
4
———————26
Confido logo
Confido
AI
$205k
9
$243k
10
$227k
4
—————————————28
Felix logo
Felix
AI
$58k
9
———
$63k
9
————
$45k
5
$28k
4
—————32
Firecrawl logo
Firecrawl
AI
$210k
3
$239k
4
$218k
4
$245k
15
———
$264k
5
————————33
HappyRobot logo
HappyRobot
AI
$195k
7
$220k
6
$180k
9
$160k
3
————————————30
Hex Technologies logo
Hex Technologies
AI
$223k
6
$247k
9
$218k
7
$250k
5
————————————31
hud logo
hud
AI
$153k
5
$153k
4
$163k
3
$155k
13
————————————31
Juicebox logo
Juicebox
AI
$218k
9
$205k
4
$230k
14
$205k
3
————————————32
Kong logo
Kong
AI
$210k
6
$166k
10
$221k
6
$210k
4
————————————30
Loft Orbital logo
Loft Orbital
SPACE
—
$175k
11
$131k
3
$170k
9
$165k
3
———————————35
Machina Labs logo
Machina Labs
ROBOTICS
—
$160k
8
———————
$61k
8
—
$115k
7
————29
Mixpanel logo
Mixpanel
AI
$153k
11
$235k
3
$223k
5
$156k
5
————————————27
Rillet logo
Rillet
AI
$140k
9
—
$140k
9
—
$130k
3
$143k
6
$218k
4
—————————35
Sandbox VR logo
Sandbox VR
AI
————
$35k
30
———————————35
Senra Systems logo
Senra Systems
AI
$130k
4
——
$125k
4
—
$109k
3
———
$62k
7
—
$125k
6
————27
Serve Robotics logo
Serve Robotics
ROBOTICS
$53k
3
———
$46k
15
———————————28
Stripe logo
Stripe
FRONTIER
$212k
5
$243k
12
$73k
3
—
$192k
6
———————————29
Terran Orbital logo
Terran Orbital
SPACE
—
$170k
3
—
$129k
10
—————
$68k
5
—
$105k
3
————27
Thyme Care logo
Thyme Care
FRONTIER
$109k
11
$198k
4
——
$126k
4
$119k
3
————————
$91k
4
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