Nuro Salary

💰 $160K–$194K salary range

Median: $176K  ·  Based on 130 public Nuro job postings  ·  Updated June 10, 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

Highest-paying open roles at Nuro

• Lead ML Research Scientist — $258K · Autonomy
• Director of Engineering, Eval Platform — $258K · AI Platform
• Director, Systems Engineering — $258K · Systems
• Software Technical Lead, Behavior & Triage Labeling — $235K · Offboard Infrastructure
• Senior/Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Training Runtime Performance — $235K · AI Platform
• Head of Commercial Counsel — $235K · Legal

Nuro salary by department

• Recruiting: $198K median (3 roles)
• Autonomy: $194K median (17 roles)
• Sensor Data and Calibration: $194K median (3 roles)
• AI Platform: $194K median (9 roles)
• Systems: $176K median (9 roles)
• Fleet Infrastructure: $160K median (34 roles)
• Offboard Infrastructure: $160K median (23 roles)
• Mobility & Delivery Product: $160K median (3 roles)

Nuro salary by seniority

• Mid: $160K median (39)
• Senior: $176K median (49)
• Staff: $194K median (23)
• Lead: $235K median (5)
• Manager: $139K median (8)
• Director: $247K median (6)

Nuro salary by location

• Remote: $185K median (8 roles)

Remote work at Nuro

44% of Nuro's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $185K median vs $80K onsite.

What Nuro looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (17) · Kubernetes (5) · GCP (4) · Go (4) · CI/CD (3) · Spark (2) · Redis (2) · Terraform (2) · BigQuery (2) · Snowflake (2).

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 64 that do, PhD and Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 32% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Nuro total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 95% 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 81 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 130 public job postings with disclosed pay. 43 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (130 in the last 90).

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Compare Nuro's pay with other Series E companies:

• Crusoe — median $184K
• Astranis — median $175K
• Socure — median $190K
• Abridge — median $248K
• Commure — median $160K
• Verkada — median $180K

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Common questions

What does Nuro pay?
The median base salary is $176K, with a typical range of $160K–$194K, based on 130 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 Lead ML Research Scientist, at $258K base.

Which team pays the most at Nuro?
The Recruiting team, at a $198K 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

USD base salary aggregated from 130 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 June 10, 2026.

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