TensorFlow salary: $236K median
From 191 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$236Kmedian advertised salary
$200K – $274Kmiddle half of roles
$240Kaverage advertised salary
191roles counted
TensorFlow salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $270K, 24% more than senior roles ($218K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $218K | $200K–$238K | 47 |
| Lead and above | $270K | $236K–$280K | 77 |
| No level in title | $208K | $172K–$256K | 63 |
TensorFlow salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York | $242K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $241K | 112 |
| 🇺🇸California | $238K | 118 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $238K | 181 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $419K | 6 |
| Roblox | $320K | 3 |
| Motional | $285K | 4 |
| $276K | 11 | |
| Waymo | $275K | 24 |
| May Mobility | $252K | 4 |
| Samsung Research America | $250K | 6 |
| Nuro | $242K | 5 |
| Braze | $242K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $225K | 3 |
| Scale AI | $220K | 3 |
| Airbnb | $216K | 6 |
| Databricks | $214K | 5 |
| $208K | 4 | |
| SambaNova | $191K | 4 |
| Roboflow | $180K | 5 |
| Rocket Lab | $180K | 4 |
| Socure | $168K | 7 |
| Lyft | $166K | 3 |
| Quora | $130K | 3 |
Highest-paying open TensorFlow roles
All TensorFlow jobs- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$500K - $850KRustPythonC++
- Machine Learning Engineer, Monetization AI/MLOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$381K - $555KMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Engineering Manager, MLEOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$500K - $555KMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Principal Engineer, Big Data PlatformPinterest · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, US$243K - $500KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference PathAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $485KLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Member of Technical Staff (AI Inference Engineer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $485KRustPythonLLM
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial ProductsAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$297K - $401KLeadPythonJavaSQL
- AI Research Scientist - Datadog AI Research (DAIR)Datadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA$320K - $400KMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Tech Lead Manager ML OptimizationWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$298K - $378KLeadMachine LearningPyTorchTensorFlow
- Principal Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$242K - $377KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Principal Research Scientist, RoboticsSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$242K - $377KLeadC++Machine LearningPyTorch
- Software Engineer - Machine LearningFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KGoPythonC++
- Research ScientistSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$200K - $375KRemotePythonGCPMachine Learning
- Sr Staff Tech Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, PerceptionWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States, San Francisco…$298K - $368KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Senior HPC Engineer - Fleet EngineeringLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$227K - $356KSeniorGoPythonDocker
- Principal AI ArchitectRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$254K - $356KLeadPythonJavaGCP
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, OptimizationNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $352KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Staff/Lead Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior & PlanningNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$235K - $352KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Machine Learning Infrastructure EngineerCharacter.AI · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$150K - $350KMachine LearningLLMPyTorch
- Senior / Staff Machine Learning Engineer - 3D Sensor SimulationZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$242K - $348KLeadPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
Questions about TensorFlow pay
- What is the average TensorFlow salary?
- $240K a year on average and $236K at the median, across 191 open TensorFlow postings at tech 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 $200K to $274K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest TensorFlow pay?
- OpenAI ($419K), Roblox ($320K), Motional ($285K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- 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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The median advertised salary for TensorFlow roles at tech companies is $236K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $200K to $274K. Counted from 191 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/tensorflow/
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