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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

CompanySoftwareBusiness & FinanceSales & MarketingAerospace EngineeringOperationsDesignMechanicalResearchManufacturingLegal & ComplianceElectricalSecurityPeople & HRTechnicianAvionicsSupply ChainTotal
Apptronik logo
Apptronik
ROBOTICS
$325k
3
$268k
3
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$264k
3
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Ashby logo
Ashby
AI
———
$204k
9
——
$206k
3
—————————14
Bicara Therapeutics logo
Bicara Therapeutics
FRONTIER
—
$252k
7
——————————————13
Cantina logo
Cantina
AI
$215k
8
$189k
4
——————————————14
Character.AI logo
Character.AI
AI
$225k
7
——
$313k
3
————————————13
Checkr logo
Checkr
AI
$249k
10
————
$229k
3
——————————14
Cyble logo
Cyble
AI
$52k
3
—
$96k
4
—————————————13
Flock Safety logo
Flock Safety
DEFENSE
—
$180k
3
—
$120k
3
—————————
$60k
6
——14
Harper logo
Harper
AI
—
$161k
6
————
$195k
3
—————————14
Laminar logo
Laminar
AI
$116k
6
$185k
3
——————————————14
LiteLLM logo
LiteLLM
AI
———
$225k
9
————————————15
Model ML logo
Model ML
AI
$120k
4
$153k
4
$100k
3
—————————————15
Novig logo
Novig
AI
—
$100k
10
——————————————15
Outpost logo
Outpost
SPACE
$190k
3
——
$198k
3
————————————14
Outtake logo
Outtake
AI
$230k
5
—
$195k
5
—————————————14
Phonely logo
Phonely
AI
$180k
5
—
$100k
4
—————————————14
Plug logo
Plug
FRONTIER
$195k
3
$95k
3
$146k
4
—————————————15
Rigetti Computing logo
Rigetti Computing
FRONTIER
——————
$178k
3
$188k
3
——
$175k
3
—————15
Substack logo
Substack
AI
$200k
5
$159k
4
$215k
5
—————————————14
Turquoise Health logo
Turquoise Health
FRONTIER
—
$206k
8
——————————————15
UnitedMasters logo
UnitedMasters
AI
—
$145k
9
$148k
3
—————————————15
Veryfi, Inc. logo
Veryfi, Inc.
AI
$130k
6
—
$47k
6
—————————————14
VIDA Digital Identity logo
VIDA Digital Identity
FRONTIER
—
$115k
4
$145k
3
—
$114k
4
———————————14
Vira Health logo
Vira Health
FRONTIER
—
$47k
13
——————————————15
Wrapbook logo
Wrapbook
FRONTIER
$209k
5
$208k
4
——————————————14

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