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Nuro Salary

Nuro pays a median of $226K ($200K–$243K) across 99 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $200K–$243K salary range

Median: $226K  ·  Based on 99 public Nuro job postings  ·  Updated October 23, 2026


This Nuro 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

Nuro · pay benchmark · updated October 23, 2026
$226K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$200K–$243K
Typical range
$426K view JD
Highest base · Head of Systems Engineering (Senior Director)
99
Open roles
~4 yrs
Typical exp.
+20
49 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 97% of roles mention equity · options, rsu
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$200K (21)
Senior
$243K (35)
Staff
$273K (21)
Salary by department · median & top base
ai platform
$273K · $387K top (6)
autonomy
$243K · $352K top (17)
systems
$226K · $426K top (9)
fleet infrastructure
$200K · $387K top (20)
offboard infrastructure
$200K · $352K top (12)
software operations
$165K · $291K top (6)
Highest-paying skills
LLMs $273KPython $243KMachine Learning $243KDiffusion Models $243KPyTorch $243KDeep Learning $243KTensorFlow $243KGrpc $221K

Highest-paying open roles at Nuro

Nuro salary by department

  • ai platform: $273K median · $387K top base — Director of Engineering, Eval Platform (view JD) (6 roles)
  • autonomy: $243K median · $352K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Behavior ML Data (view JD) (17 roles)
  • systems: $226K median · $426K top base — Head of Systems Engineering (Senior Director) (view JD) (9 roles)
  • fleet infrastructure: $200K median · $387K top base — Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Infrastructure (view JD) (20 roles)
  • offboard infrastructure: $200K median · $352K top base — Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Data Infrastructure (view JD) (12 roles)
  • software operations: $165K median · $291K top base — Director of AI Data Operations (view JD) (6 roles)

Nuro engineering & product salary by seniority

  • Mid: $200K median · $352K top base — Applied AI Researcher, Agent Systems & Evaluation (view JD) (21)
  • Senior: $243K median · $352K top base — Technical Lead Manager, Risk Aware Planning (view JD) (35)
  • Staff: $273K median · $387K top base — Principal Software Engineer, Onboard Infrastructure (view JD) (21)

Remote work at Nuro

14% of Nuro's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Nuro looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (48) · Go (13) · Redis (6) · GCP (6) · Kubernetes (6) · PyTorch (5) · PostgreSQL (5) · AWS (5) · BigQuery (4) · Docker (4).

About Nuro

Nuro is Series E stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Mountain View, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Nuro

Roles typically ask for around 4 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 45 that do, PhD and Master's and Bachelor's 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; 97% of these postings reference equity (options, rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Nuro total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 98% of roles list a bonus; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Nuro hiring activity

Nuro has 99 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 99 public job postings with disclosed pay. 20 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (49 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 3 contract roles in the mix.

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SpaceX$143K↓ -37%Series D
Shield AI$192K↓ -15%Series G
Applied Intuition$188K↓ -17%Series F
Skydio$188K↓ -17%Series F

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Common questions

What does Nuro pay?
The median pay is $226K, with a typical range of $200K–$243K, based on 99 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Nuro?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Head of Systems Engineering (Senior Director), at $284K–$426K base.

Which team pays the most at Nuro?
The ai platform team, at a $273K 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 99 public Nuro 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 October 23, 2026.

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