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Infrastructure, IT, & Security salaries in Transportation

What companies building the future pay, straight from their own job postings.

89 openings with posted pay · Updated Nov 3, 2026

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Infrastructure, IT, & Security · Transportation

89 matching openings with posted pay
1
Director, Security Operations & Detection Engineering

Aurora · Mountain View, CA · Director

$223k–$396k / year
2
Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Infrastructure

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$258k–$387k / year
3
Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Lead

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$298k–$368k / year
4$194k–$352k / year
5
Staff/Senior Software Engineer, Offboard Infrastructure

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$194k–$352k / year
6$194k–$352k / year
7
Staff/Senior Software Engineer, Onboard Infrastructure

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$194k–$352k / year
8
Senior Staff TLM, Security Systems

Aurora · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$212k–$340k / year

Median base salary

$201k

89 openings with posted pay

Typical range

$160k–$243k

25th to 75th percentile

Across all 26,343 openings with posted pay, the median is $175k. Annual base salary. Equity and bonus excluded. Methodology

Infrastructure, IT, & Security by sector

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

AI Research276 openings
Typical range $230k–$370k
$311k
AI App354 openings
Typical range $173k–$265k
$227k
Typical range $175k–$265k
$220k
Transportation89 openings
Typical range $160k–$243k
$201k
Robotics60 openings
Typical range $153k–$225k
$200k
Energy & Climate100 openings
Typical range $150k–$209k
$176k
Defense319 openings
Typical range $150k–$215k
$175k

Infrastructure, IT, & Security by location

Bar shows 25th to 75th percentile

SF Bay Area1,097 openings
Typical range $198k–$290k
$236k
NYC415 openings
Typical range $186k–$300k
$235k
Seattle359 openings
Typical range $183k–$288k
$223k
Remote320 openings
Typical range $163k–$245k
$204k
Austin62 openings
Typical range $170k–$239k
$203k
Boston53 openings
Typical range $150k–$248k
$202k

Methodology

All figures come from salary ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled from their applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Pay in other currencies is converted at fixed recent exchange rates. Hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Everything is base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded because postings rarely quantify them.

Stats are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by open roles. Groups with fewer than 30 openings (8 for a single company) are not shown.

Numbers reflect currently open roles, not historical offers. About 57% of tracked openings post pay. US pay-transparency laws drive most disclosure, so coverage skews to US roles. Explore hiring patterns in the hiring report.

Frequently asked questions

What is the median salary at companies building the future?
The median posted base salary is $175k per year, across 26,343 live openings at 532 companies. The middle half of postings falls between $135k and $225k.
Which startup roles pay the most?
AI & Autonomy roles lead at a $230k median, followed by Software & Data ($215k) and Infrastructure, IT, & Security ($202k), based on the ranges companies post on live openings.
Which companies building the future pay the highest salaries?
Aaru tops the list with a $353k median posted base salary, ahead of Anthropic ($345k) and Thinking Machines Lab ($330k), among companies with eight or more openings that post pay.
Do startup job postings include salary?
About 57% of the openings BuildList tracks post a pay range. Disclosure is highest at US companies covered by pay-transparency laws, so coverage skews to US roles.
Where does this salary data come from?
From the pay ranges companies publish on their own job postings, pulled hourly from their applicant tracking systems and normalized to annual base salary. Equity and bonus are excluded. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

These numbers come from 26,343 live openings. Browse the roles behind them.