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Motional Salary

Motional pays a median of $181K ($163K–$203K) across 91 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $163K–$203K salary range

Median: $181K  ·  Based on 91 public Motional job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Motional salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Motional · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$181K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$163K–$203K
Typical range
$396K view JD
Highest base · Director, Prediction and ML Planning
91
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+30
91 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 81% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$168K (9)
Senior
$174K (44)
Staff
$238K (28)
Salary by department · median & top base
systems readiness & performance
$238K · $275K top (5)
autonomy
$217K · $396K top (25)
infrastructure
$174K · $330K top (36)
vehicle platform engineering
$146K · $242K top (7)
av testing
$146K · $189K top (7)
Pay by location
Remote $201K (47)Boston $173K (8)
Highest-paying skills
Deep Learning $206KMachine Learning $201KTensorFlow $201KAWS $201KLLMs $201KGCP $201KAzure $201KPyTorch $186K

Highest-paying open roles at Motional

Motional salary by department

  • systems readiness & performance: $238K median · $275K top base — Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior (view JD) (5 roles)
  • autonomy: $217K median · $396K top base — Director, Prediction and ML Planning (view JD) (25 roles)
  • infrastructure: $174K median · $330K top base — Principal Engineer Tech Lead Manager, ML Acceleration (view JD) (36 roles)
  • vehicle platform engineering: $146K median · $242K top base — Principal Hardware Engineer, Radar Systems (view JD) (7 roles)
  • av testing: $146K median · $189K top base — Director, Commercial Operations (view JD) (7 roles)

Motional salary by seniority

  • Mid: $168K median · $192K top base — Machine Learning Engineer, Data Mining (view JD) (9)
  • Senior: $174K median · $245K top base — Senior Engineer (view JD) (44)
  • Staff: $238K median · $373K top base — Fellow - Autonomy (Distinguished Engineer) (view JD) (28)

Motional salary by location

  • Remote: $201K median · $396K top base — Director, Prediction and ML Planning (view JD) (47 roles)
  • Boston: $173K median · $275K top base — Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior (view JD) (8 roles)

Remote work at Motional

69% of Motional's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $201K median vs $146K onsite.

What Motional looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (34) · PyTorch (19) · AWS (17) · GCP (12) · CI/CD (10) · Azure (10) · TensorFlow (9) · Terraform (5) · React (4) · R (3).

Benefits & perks at Motional

Commonly listed: dental (74) · 401k (74) · life-ins (74).

About Motional

Motional is Seed stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2020 · HQ Boston, Massachusetts. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Motional

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 48 that do, Bachelor's and Master's and PhD are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 81% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Motional total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Motional hiring activity

Motional has 91 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 91 public job postings with disclosed pay. 30 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (91 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Motional's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs MotionalStage
Samsara$163K↓ -10%Public
Fluidstack$210K↑ +16%Series D
IonQ$164K↓ -9%Public
AvePoint$125K↓ -31%Public
Arista Networks$153K↓ -15%Public
Wex$146K↓ -19%Public

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Common questions

What does Motional pay?
The median pay is $181K, with a typical range of $163K–$203K, based on 91 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Motional?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Prediction and ML Planning, at $288K–$396K base.

Which team pays the most at Motional?
The systems readiness & performance team, at a $238K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 91 public Motional job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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