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Average Google design engineer salary

$136,285yearly

$37.08 hourly rate

Entry-level Google design engineer salary
$106,000 yearly
Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Google pay design engineers?

The average salary for Google design engineers is $136,285 per year. Google design engineer salaries range between $106,000 to $174,000 per year. Google design engineers earn 77% more than the national average salary for design engineers of $77,134.

Location impacts how much a design engineer at Google can expect to make. Design engineers at Google make the most in Mountain View, CA, Cambridge, MA, and Austin, TX.

How much does Google pay design engineers by location?

Google pays design engineers the most in Mountain View, CA, Cambridge, MA, and Austin, TX. Additionally, cities like Boulder and New York also report highly competitive salaries for design engineers at Google.

Design engineer Google salary by location

RankCityAvg. salaryHourly rate
1Mountain View, CA$165,602$79.62
2Cambridge, MA$156,279$75.13
3Austin, TX$144,304$69.38
4Boulder, CO$141,800$68.17
5New York, NY$132,230$63.57
6Kirkland, WA$132,129$63.52
7Chicago, IL$124,947$60.07
8Pittsburgh, PA$119,540$57.47

Highest-paid Google design engineers by job level

RankJob titleAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Principal Design Engineer$200,192$96-
2Design Engineering Manager$198,486$95-
3Staff Design Engineer$189,618$915
4Staff Engineer$188,316$912
5Mechanical Engineering Manager$186,466$90-
6Head Engineer$181,592$871
7Senior Staff Engineer$178,975$86-
8Team Lead Engineer$175,073$844
9Principal Engineer$174,934$8414
10Senior Electronics Design Engineer$171,788$83-

Recent salaries for design engineers at google

JobLocationDate addedSalary
Silicon Physical Design EngineerMountain View, CA02/28/2025$151,000
SOC Design EngineerSunnyvale, CA02/28/2025$160,000
Silicon Design EngineerMountain View, CA02/20/2025$222,500
Silicon Front End CAD EngineerMountain View, CA02/18/2025$205,000
Silicon Physical Design EngineerMountain View, CA02/10/2025$242,000

Design engineer salary at Google competitors

RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Meta$152,424$73498
2Microsoft$131,936$63212
3Adobe$121,127$58129
4Yammer$120,398$58-
5Bloomberg$118,530$5717
6VMware$115,848$56-
7Pinterest$114,220$5541
8LinkedIn$112,266$5436
9Yahoo$108,903$52-
10HP$107,979$5218
11Dell$104,152$5031
12ITA Software$103,071$50-
13Hitachi Vantara$101,761$49-
14Intel$94,477$45176
15iTech US$87,604$42-
16IBM$86,179$4180
17Capgemini$83,383$4052
18Bing$76,283$37-
19Aristotle$75,376$36-
20Tech Mahindra$73,645$352

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