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Waymo salaries

What Waymo publishes in its job posts: the median, the range, and how pay differs by role, AI level and country. Only salaries from live posts, nothing self-reported.

$238k median · $212k to $281k middle half · 256 job posts with a salary

Updated Nov 3, 2026

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Salary by role at Waymo

In USD a year. Range is the middle half of posts from 5 posts, and lowest to highest below that. A row appears from 3 posts.

Published salary at Waymo by role
RoleJob postsMedianRange
Software Engineering92$238k$231k to $281k
Data55$257k$235k to $281k
Operations23$212k$183k to $217k
Product15$236k$219k to $269k
Research6$238k$238k to $261k
Finance4$183k$145k to $224k
Marketing3$278k$235k to $278k

Salary by AI level at Waymo

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. In USD a year.

Published salary at Waymo by AI level
AI levelJob postsMedianRange
Builds AI ●●●●86$270k$238k to $281k
Works on AI ●●●○26$269k$238k to $281k
Uses AI ●●○○8$201k$178k to $220k
Little AI ●○○○136$224k$195k to $257k

Salary by country at Waymo

Posts published in USD, grouped by the country of the job.

Published salary at Waymo by country
CountryJob postsMedianRange
United States256$238k$212k to $281k

Other currencies and hourly pay

Shown apart. Amounts are never converted between currencies or between hourly and annual.

  • GBP: 17 job posts, median £121k, £101k to £128k a year.
  • INR: 4 job posts, median INR 4,980k, INR 1,970k to INR 7,675k a year.
  • Hourly in USD: 61 job posts, median $70/hr.

Waymo job posts with a salary

The 25 most recent of 338. Pay is shown as the employer published it.

Method

Based on 338 job posts at Waymo with a published salary, read from the live job posts themselves. Each post counts once, at the midpoint of its listed range. Hourly rates are shown apart from annual pay, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out. Currencies are never converted or mixed. No surveys, no self-reported figures. Updated Nov 3, 2026.

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Waymo salary questions, answered from the data

What salary does Waymo pay?

Waymo job posts with a published annual salary in USD have a median of $238k. The middle half of those posts range from $212k to $281k. That is 256 job posts, as of Nov 3, 2026.

Which roles at Waymo list the highest salaries?

Among roles with at least 3 posts that publish a salary, Marketing has the highest median at $278k, from 3 job posts. The table by role above shows every role that clears the minimum.

Does the salary at Waymo change with how much AI the job involves?

Level rates every job by how central AI is to the work. Median published salaries by level at Waymo: Builds AI $270k, Works on AI $269k, Uses AI $201k, Little AI $224k. Only levels with at least 3 posts that publish a salary are shown.

Where do these Waymo salary figures come from?

From the live job posts at Waymo that list a salary, nothing else. Level takes the midpoint of each listed range, then reports the median and the middle half of posts once there are at least 3. Amounts are never converted between currencies, and amounts whose period is unclear are left out.

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