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Rivian Salary

Rivian Salary

Rivian pays a median of $137K ($111K–$173K) across 326 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $111K–$173K salary range

Median: $137K  ·  Based on 326 public Rivian job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026


This Rivian salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Rivian · pay benchmark · updated July 1, 2026
$137K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$111K–$173K
Typical range
$331K view JD
Highest base · Sr. Staff AI Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
326
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+326
326 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 61% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Junior
$96K (16)
Mid
$103K (16)
Senior
$121K (146)
Staff
$188K (92)
Management pay by function
Supply Chain & Logistics
$155K (8)
Product Management
$142K (2)
People
$133K (2)
Facilities & Real Estate
$128K (3)
Service
$121K (15)
Sales
$96K (5)
Salary by department · median & top base
product management
$221K · $288K top (7)
autonomous driving
$209K · $331K top (37)
design
$188K · $288K top (5)
mechanical & electrical engineering
$155K · $296K top (83)
attributes
$153K · $245K top (16)
people
$137K · $199K top (7)
quality
$137K · $209K top (16)
information technology
$134K · $258K top (26)
Pay by location
Atlanta $128K (33)Remote $130K (9)
Highest-paying skills
Transformer $257KMachine Learning $232KDeep Learning $232KPyTorch $232KComputer Vision $232KJava $224KLLMs $208KLambda $184K

Highest-paying open roles at Rivian

Rivian salary by department

  • product management: $221K median · $288K top base — Principal Vehicle Line Manager (view JD) (7 roles)
  • autonomous driving: $209K median · $331K top base — Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Pose, Localization & Calibration, Autonomy (view JD) (37 roles)
  • design: $188K median · $288K top base — Director of Digital Studio (view JD) (5 roles)
  • mechanical & electrical engineering: $155K median · $296K top base — Autonomy Hardware Systems Architect (view JD) (83 roles)
  • attributes: $153K median · $245K top base — Sr. Staff Attributes Engineer (view JD) (16 roles)
  • people: $137K median · $199K top base — Sr. Manager Environmental Health & Safety (view JD) (7 roles)
  • quality: $137K median · $209K top base — Staff Systems Homologation Engineer (view JD) (16 roles)
  • information technology: $134K median · $258K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Services (view JD) (26 roles)

Rivian salary by seniority

  • Junior: $96K median · $136K top base — Software Engineer Developer Productivity & Infrastructure, Autonomy (view JD) (16)
  • Mid: $103K median · $162K top base — Systems Integration Engineer II, Autonomy (view JD) (16)
  • Senior: $121K median · $331K top base — Senior Manager, ML Acceleration Architecture (view JD) (146)
  • Staff: $188K median · $331K top base — Sr. Staff AI Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI (view JD) (92)

Rivian salary — lead & management

  • Lead: $128K median · $209K top base — Lead Product Designer - Design System Frameworks (view JD) (15)
  • Manager: $130K median · $193K top base — Lead Program Manager, Product Planning (view JD) (40)

Rivian salary by location

  • Atlanta: $128K median · $249K top base — Sr. Manager, Software Engineering - Enterprise Software (view JD) (33 roles)
  • Remote: $130K median · $184K top base — Sr. Embedded Software Engineer (view JD) (9 roles)

Remote work at Rivian

16% of Rivian's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $130K median vs $121K onsite.

What Rivian looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (61) · CI/CD (20) · AWS (14) · SQL (12) · Go (11) · Supply Chain (9) · Procurement (9) · Java (8) · Databricks (8) · R (8).

Benefits & perks at Rivian

Commonly listed: dental (198) · 401k (169) · pto (169) · bonus (152) · vision (29) · relocation (2) · hsa-fsa (1).

About Rivian

Rivian is Public stage · 10,001+ employees · founded 2009 · HQ Irvine, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Rivian

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 101 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master'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; 61% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Rivian total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 76% of roles list a bonus; 5% include commission; common structures: hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Rivian hiring activity

Rivian has 326 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 326 public job postings with disclosed pay. 326 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (326 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

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

CompanyMedian payvs RivianStage
Rocket Lab$138K↑ +1%Public
Zebra Technologies$136K↓ 0%Public
Altera$183K↑ +34%Public
Boeing$131K↓ -5%Public
Western Digital$134K↓ -2%Public
Polaris Industries$96K↓ -30%Public

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Common questions

What does Rivian pay?
The median pay is $137K, with a typical range of $111K–$173K, based on 326 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Rivian?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Sr. Staff AI Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI, at $265K–$331K base.

Which team pays the most at Rivian?
The product management team, at a $221K 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 326 public Rivian 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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