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Waymo salaries

130 posted ranges · median $238k · H-1B median $205k (242 filings)

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TitlePosted
Software Engineer59 posted ranges$238k$213k to $263k
Machine Learning Engineer39 posted ranges$238k$213k to $263k
Data Scientist11 posted ranges$257k$230k to $284k
Research Scientist6 posted ranges$238k$213k to $263k
Site Reliability Engineer3 posted ranges$333k$298k to $368k
Data Analyst3 posted ranges$188k$168k to $207k
Data Engineer2 posted ranges$251k to $310k2 postings
Design Engineer1 posted range$251k to $310kone posting
Evals Engineer1 posted range$213k to $263kone posting
Product Engineer1 posted range$210k to $259kone posting
Security Engineer1 posted range$204k to $259kone posting
Platform Engineer1 posted range$170k to $216kone posting
Full Stack Engineer1 posted range$170k to $216kone posting
Solutions Engineer1 posted range$168k to $207kone posting

Posted ranges

120 postings

PostingRange
Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Field Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$349kto $431k
Principal Software Engineer, Post Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerPrincipalSan Francisco Bay Area$349kto $431k
Senior Data Science Manager, Driving Quality (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, LLM/VLM Model Architecture & Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Site Reliability Engineering, Technical Lead Manager (the posting, opens in a new tab)Site Reliability EngineerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Site Reliability Engineer, Lead (the posting, opens in a new tab)Site Reliability EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Orchestration, TLM (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$298kto $368k
Senior Staff ML Engineer, Driver Understanding and Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$281kto $356k
Senior Manager, Product Data Science - Fleet Optimization and Orchestration (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Senior Manager, Product Data Science - Operations & Intelligence (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Senior Staff Regulatory and Compliance Systems Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Systems Engineering Lead, New Product Initiatives (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$272kto $336k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Data Flywheel (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$250kto $335k
Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead Manager (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $319k
Senior Data Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Android Engineer, In-Car Experience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Data Scientist, Weather (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Mapping (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Tech Lead, Labeling Automation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision-Language Foundation Models (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff ML Engineer, Foundation Models (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff ML Engineer, Perception Research (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Research Scientist, Foundation Models Recipes (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Research Scientist, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Waymo Fleet (the posting, opens in a new tab)Site Reliability EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff SoC Design Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Design EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, 3D & Data Visualization Tools (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Collision Avoidance Testing (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Compute Reliability (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, DUE Experience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Fleet Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Manuevering Tech (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Privacy (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Quantitative Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer - Simulation Realism (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Software Engineer/ Tech Lead - Onboard Model Consolidation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Staff Tech Lead Software Engineer, Vehicle Realism Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Tech Lead Manager, Data Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data EngineerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Technical Lead Manager, Query & Storage SWE (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $310k
Senior Software Engineer, ML Evaluation Infra and Efficiency (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Senior Software Engineer, Training Efficiency (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer(TLM), Driver Understanding and Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - VLM/LLM (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $302k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Experimentation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Product Data Scientist, Paid Media (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Systems Engineer, Depot & Offhail Automation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Systems Engineer, Driving Behaviors (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Staff Systems Engineer, Hardware Architecture (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $284k
Senior Software Engineer, Booking (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $270k
Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Realism (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Research Scientist, Map Scalability (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Research Scientist, World Model Post-Training (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Data Scientist, Simulation Capacity Optimization (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision/VLM (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Driving Behaviors (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Fleet Monitoring & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Infra), Driver Understanding and Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Predictive Planner, Systems Arch (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Robotics (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Runtime and Serving (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Simulation Evaluation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Vehicle Interaction & Behavior Policy ML (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Research Scientist, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Bulk/Interactive Inference (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, DevAI (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Eval Authoring APIs (the posting, opens in a new tab)Evals EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, ICX Graphics (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Maneuvering Tech (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Data & Eval (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, ML/Eval Data Platforms & Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer - Multiverse (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Simulator Orchestration (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Platforms C++ (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Senior/Staff ML Engineer, 3D/4D World Modeling, Simulation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Software Engineer, Pipeline and Test Health (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Sr. Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace ML Platform (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Staff iOS Engineer, Growth (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$213kto $263k
Research Scientist, RL for Autonomous Planning & World Modeling (the posting, opens in a new tab)Research ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Android Engineer, In-Car Experience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Perception LLM/VLM (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Security EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Software Engineer, Inertial Navigation (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Software Engineer, Internal Tooling (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Software Engineer, Mapping Field Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Software Engineer, Quantitative Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Senior Software Engineer, Statistical Evaluation and Sampling (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Software Engineer, GPU (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Sr Software Engineer, Android Automotive (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Sr Software Engineer, Telematics (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Vehicle Product Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Product EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$210kto $259k
Senior Systems Engineer, Vehicle Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$198kto $248k
Staff Business Intelligence Analyst, Resilience (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data AnalystStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $247k
Automotive HVAC Systems Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$196kto $242k
Senior Systems Engineer, Vehicle Body Control Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$196kto $242k
Data Scientist (the posting, opens in a new tab)Data ScientistNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Machine Learning Engineer Perception LLM/VLM (PhD, New Grad) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerEntrySan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Perception Machine Learning Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Senior Android Platform Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Platform EngineerSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Workshop Management (the posting, opens in a new tab)Full Stack EngineerManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Software Engineer, Quantitative Evaluations (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Software Engineer, Statistical Evaluation and Sampling (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Software Engineer, Vehicle Platforms C++ (the posting, opens in a new tab)Software EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$170kto $216k
Machine Learning Engineer / Applied Scientist, Prediction & Planning (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$175kto $215k
Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace Pricing (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedElsewhere in the US$175kto $215k
Machine Learning Engineer, Perception (the posting, opens in a new tab)Machine Learning EngineerNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$175kto $215k

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By level

LevelPostedH-1B
Entry1 posted$170k to $216kone postingNone
Senior48 posted$238k$213k to $263k$223k8 filings
Staff47 posted$281k$251k to $310kFew1 filing
Principal2 posted$349k to $431k2 postingsNone
Manager9 posted$285k$251k to $319kNone
Not stated23 posted$195k$175k to $216k$205k233 filings

By city

CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area129 posted ranges$238k$213k to $263k
Elsewhere in the US1 posted range$175k to $215kone posting

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q124$226k
FY2025 Q2103$189k
FY2025 Q336$204k
FY2025 Q422$240k
FY2026 Q129$216k
FY2026 Q252$204k
FY2026 Q3139$205k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 21130$238k

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