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Lidar salary: $222K median

The median advertised Lidar salary is $222K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $190K to $256K: counted from 205 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $107 an hour or $18,500 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $285K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$222Kmedian advertised salary
$190K – $256Kmiddle half of roles
$222Kaverage advertised salary
205roles counted

Lidar salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $251K, 13% more than senior roles ($222K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$222K$193K–$248K68
Lead and above$251K$225K–$285K56
No level in the title$194K$170K–$225K80

Lidar salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$225K86
🇺🇸California$224K149
🇺🇸United States$222K200

Skills that pay more for Lidar roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
CUDA$254K+$32K22
AI$244K+$22K30
Deep learning$236K+$14K30
TensorFlow$236K+$14K20
PyTorch$236K+$14K38

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Wayve$285K9
Apptronik$264K5
Zoox$248K18
Waymo$248K18
Kodiak$226K6
Latitude AI$224K3
Agility Robotics$224K5
Lucid Motors$223K3
Nuro$222K8
Anduril Industries$221K58
Applied$216K22
Eventualcomputing$212K4
Socure$210K3
Motional$191K4
Havocai$168K5
May Mobility$160K9

Highest-paying open Lidar roles

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Questions about Lidar pay

What is the average Lidar salary?
$222K a year on average and $222K at the median, across 205 open Lidar postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?
The middle half of the postings offer $190K to $256K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Lidar pay?
Wayve ($285K), Apptronik ($264K), Zoox ($248K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a lidar a high-paying job?
The median Lidar posting advertises $222K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 28% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a lidar?
A tenth of the postings offer $285K a year or more; the highest open Lidar role advertises up to $492K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Lidar salary per hour and per month?
The median of $222K a year is about $107 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,500 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $92 to $123 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Lidar roles?
Postings that ask for CUDA (+$32K, 22 postings), AI (+$22K, 30 postings), Deep learning (+$14K, 30 postings) advertise more than the $222K median of all Lidar postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

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