Compensation data for frontier tech

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

22,140 paid roles

1,674 hiring companies

16 positions tracked

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Position

Software

Median compensation across the 5 frontier tech industries

AI

$213k

2,126 jobs · 627 companies

VC

$208k

7 jobs · 5 companies

ROBOTICS

$193k

123 jobs · 40 companies

DEFENSE

$193k

792 jobs · 31 companies

FRONTIER

$193k

993 jobs · 211 companies

SPACE

$174k

884 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	Business & Finance	Aerospace Engineering	Sales & Marketing	Electrical	Mechanical	Research	Total
Dimely AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
DirectShifts FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Dodo AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
doola AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Doppler AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Dots 💸 AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Dyneti Technologies AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Eden FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
EigenLayer AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Ekho AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Ellipsis AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Elyos AI AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Embeddables AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Empirical Health AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Enerjazz FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Enhanced Radar SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Enode FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Eventual AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Exonic AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Ezra FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Farcast SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Finvest FRONTIER	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Firebender AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Flai SPACE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Fleetline AI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

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