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Software & Data in Transportation Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for software & data roles at transportation companies.

205 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$222k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$193k–$270k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

205

82% of 251 live openings

Companies disclosing

15

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Field Response

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$349k–$431k
2
Principal Software Engineer, Post Training

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$349k–$431k
3
Principal Engineer, Data & Compute

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$370k–$418k
4
Chief Software Architect / CTO

Olympian Motors · Remote · Executive

$200k–$400k
5
Director of Engineering, Eval Platform

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Director

$258k–$387k
6
Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Infrastructure

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$258k–$387k
7
Tech Lead Manager ML Optimization

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Manager

$298k–$378k
8
Sr. Staff TLM, Fleet Orchestration Core

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$298k–$368k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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