Waymo Salaries

Self-driving technology that makes transportation safer and more accessible.

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Website

waymo.com

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Company type

Private

Notable investor

Alphabet (Google)

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Hiring regions

🇸🇬 Singapore 🇺🇸 United States 🌍 Worldwide

Hiring positions

Business & Management Data Engineering Finance HR & People Legal Marketing Operations Product

Salary summary at Waymo

Waymo's salary ranges from $60.00 in total compensation per year for a 2027 Summer Intern, BS, Waymo ML Ops & Automation at the low-end to $2,990,000 for a Silicon Emulation Engineer at the high-end.

Average salaries at Waymo

Minimum

$173,000

Average low-end

Average

$190,000

Typical salary

Maximum

$207,000

Average high-end

Salary ranges by position at Waymo

Ranges below span every open role under each title. Base pay only — bonuses, stock and benefits are not included.

Position	Salary range	Locations
2026 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Modeling Evaluation	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, BS/MS, Software Engineering, Commercialization	$70K - $95K	Warsaw
2027 Summer Intern, BS, Software Engineering, Labeling	$60	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, BS, Software Engineer, Model Eval	$60	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, BS, Waymo ML Ops & Automation	$60	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, AI-driven ML Performance Engineering Intern	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Driver Refinement Foundations (2 openings)	$70 - $85	Mountain View and San Francisco
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Machine Learning, Planning/Prediction	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, ML Systems & Behavior Discovery	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Model Lifecycle	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Perception, Robotics	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Research, Perception Foundation Models	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Semantics	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Sensor Performance Engineer Intern	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS, PhD, Software Engineer	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Eval Data Infra	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, ML Frameworks and Efficiency	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Software Engineer, Onboard Developer Platform	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, MS/PhD, Weather Perception	$70 - $85	San Francisco
2027 Summer Intern, Perception - Evaluation	$70 - $85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, AI Foundations - Recipes	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Planning/Prediction	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning - Simulation & Closed-Loop Training	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Machine Learning, Simulation Realism	$80K	London
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, AV Planning	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Behavior Post-training	$85	Mountain View and San Francisco
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Multimodal Foundation Models	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Perception Foundation Models	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, Post Training	$85	Mountain View and San Francisco
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, RSI for Autonomous Driving	$88K	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research Scientist, Visual Reasoning	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, VLM Harnesses for AV Planning	$85	Mountain View
2027 Summer Intern, PhD, Research, World Action Model	$85	Mountain View
Business System Lead - People Team and Real Estate	$200K - $247K	Mountain View
Communications Manager, Product & Tech	$168K - $207K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Counsel, IP	$251K - $310K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Director, Systems Integration, Diagnostics	$323K - $399K	Mountain View
Field Safety Engineer	$170K - $210K	Mountain View
Field Safety Engineer, UK	$135K - $142K	London
Fleet Health Specialist	$62 - $77	San Francisco
Global International Quality Lead	$190K - $234K	Tempe
Group Product Manager, Depot Operations Automation	$286K - $353K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Head of People Development & Culture	$334K - $411K	Mountain View
International Readiness Ride-Hail, Program Manager	$125K - $131K	London
Machine Learning Engineer - Gen SWE	$213K - $263K	Mountain View
Machine Learning Engineer, Scenes	$175K - $215K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Major Event Management Lead	$190K - $234K	Phoenix
Mapping Ops Senior Program Manager, Real-time Disruptions	$190K - $234K	Mountain View
Mechanical Engineer	$270K - $284K	Mountain View
Network Operations Manager	$175K - $215K	Phoenix
Onboard Developer Platform Software Engineer	$213K - $263K	Mountain View
Onboard Software Performance Engineer (C++)	$175K - $215K	Mountain View
Operations Controller	$226K - $278K	Tempe
People Strategy Manager (2 openings)	$159K - $234K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Product Data Scientist - Marketplace Logistics	$159K - $196K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Product Manager, Network Flows Optimization	$241K - $297K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Product Operations Manager, Ops Compliance & Regulatory Infrastructure	$159K - $196K	Mountain View
Product Quality Engineer, Automotive Sensors	$210K - $259K	Mountain View
Product Safety Engineer	$204K - $252K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Program Manager, Mapping Operations	$1800K - $2140K	Hyderabad
Program Manager, Tooling and Integrations	$190K - $234K	Mountain View
Regional Fleet Readiness Manager - Central	$130K - $160K	Chicago
Regulatory Counsel	$251K - $310K	Mountain View
Senior FP&A Analyst - Commercial Finance	$168K - $207K	Worldwide
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Growth	$175K - $215K	San Francisco
Senior Product Manager, New Platform Discovery and Validation	$241K - $297K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Senior RA Global Service Delivery Specialist	$159K - $196K	Phoenix
Senior Regional Ride-Hail Ops Infra Specialist - Europe	$118K - $124K	London
Senior Revenue Accountant	$159K - $196K	Mountain View
Senior Safety Management System (SMS) Analytics Specialist	$168K - $207K	San Francisco
Senior Safety Management System (SMS) Risk Integration Specialist	$168K - $207K	San Francisco
Senior SDS Component Homologation Engineer	$196K - $242K	Mountain View and Novi
Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test Systems	$213K - $263K	Mountain View
Senior Software Engineer, Chassis	$213K - $263K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Senior Software Engineer, Eval Efficiency Optimization	$213K - $263K	Mountain View
Senior Software Engineer, GPU	$204K - $259K	Mountain View and New York
Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Interaction	$213K - $263K	Mountain View
Senior Staff Technical Lead, Simulator Platform Horizontal Integrations	$298K - $368K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Senior Supply Specialist - UK	$92K - $96.5K	London
Senior Technical Program Manager, Commercialization	$196K - $242K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Senior Technical Program Manager, Partner Trip Platform	$230K - $284K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Silicon Emulation Engineer	$2600K - $2990K	Hsinchu and Taipei
Software Engineer (3 openings)	$205K - $263K	Mountain View and United States
Software Engineer, Low-Latency Networking & Systems	$213K - $263K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Software Engineer, Weather Monitoring	$175K - $215K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Software Quality Operations Specialist - Australia/Canada	$97K - $105K	London
Software Quality Operations Specialist - Germany/Spain	$97K - $105K	London
Southwest Policy Manager	$177K - $218K	Austin
Sr. Supply & Demand Manager	$200K - $247K	Mountain View
Staff Industrial Designer, Interior	$230K - $284K	Mountain View
Staff ML Accelerator Architect	$251K - $310K	Mountain View and New York
Staff Software Engineer	$295K - $310K	Mountain View
Staff Software Engineer, TLM, Quantitative Evaluations	$251K - $310K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Electronic Components	$200K - $247K	Mountain View
System Disruption Manager	$159K - $196K	Tempe
Technical Program Management, Service Quality	$230K - $284K	Mountain View and San Francisco
Technical Program Manager	$230K - $242K	Worldwide
Technical Program Manager, Commercialization - Expansion	$196K - $242K	Mountain View
Waymo Operation System Implementation Manager	$190K - $234K	Mountain View

Waymo Salary FAQ

How much do Waymo employees get paid?

The median yearly total compensation reported at Waymo is $190,000 .

What's the highest salary at Waymo?

The highest paying role reported at Waymo is Silicon Emulation Engineer with a yearly total compensation of $2,990,000 . This includes only base salary without any potential stock compensation and bonuses.

What's the lowest salary at Waymo?

The lowest paying role reported at Waymo is 2027 Summer Intern, BS, Waymo ML Ops & Automation with a yearly total compensation of $60.00 . This includes only base salary without any potential stock compensation and bonuses.