The highest-paying jobs at Google [RANKED]

Salary: $167,496

Google works with tons of partners, including Samsung, HTC, and Dell to name a few. Just between its Android and Chrome products, Google regularly works with dozens of hardware manufacturers to create some of its most successful gadgets. It’s up to the partner development manager to nurture those relationships and build new ones.

Salary: $168,896

Release engineers compile, assemble, and implement source code into finished products.

Salary: $168,959

It’s up to the product marketing managers to highlight exactly what makes Google products stand out from the competition. This could include planning product launches and doing extensive research on the market for Google’s core products.

Salary: $169,364

Google also employs a ton of scientists for its research divisions. These people likely work on Google’s fringe projects like driverless cars and contact lenses that can measure glucose levels.

Salary: $174,957

Engineering managers are highly valued at Google. A tech company as big as Google employs thousands of engineers and needs skilled managers to make sure their work in on track.

Salary: $188,106

Google’s technical program managers are tasked with ushering projects through their entire life cycle, which includes managing project schedules, identifying any risks involved, and communicating project goals to stakeholders.

Salary: $189,262

Corporate counsels usually advise companies on legal matters in and out of the courtroom.

Salary: $191,483

When you’re as large as Google, it’s especially important to make sure the company’s mission and statements are as clear and well-stated as possible. That’s why the communications manager position is among Google’s most well-compensated opportunities.

Salary: $191,552

Often times, engineers create the foundation that supports Google’s most important products. An engineering manager would be in charge of supervising teams of engineers to develop, test, and create new products.

Salary: $191,881

Designing the user experience behind a product is one of the most important jobs at any tech company, which is why Google is willing to pay top dollar for great designers. User experience designers are essentially tasked with making sure Google’s products look nice and are easy to use.

Salary: $192,915

This person would likely be overseeing Google’s online sales strategies and revenue growth. And, at a company like Google where all of its services are based online, it’s certainly an important role.

Salary: $195,419

As the title implies, staff site reliability engineers must be crafty troubleshooters. When hiring for this job, Google will be looking to see whether or not you can fix issues with its services and how your web design skills are, according to this Glassdoor post from a candidate that applied for the job.

Salary: $196,372

Engineers at Google need to be excellent at solving complex problems. This is why the company is known for challenging job candidates with puzzling brain teasers. But, based on Glassdoor’s data, it seems like they compensate these employees well. Google’s salary for this position is 60% higher than the national average, according to Glassdoor.

Salary: $206,272

A lead software engineer is generally responsible for the underlying architecture of a given program. Since “lead” indicates this is a senior role, a lead software engineer is also likely responsible for managing other members of the team too.

Salary: $207,555

Google’s senior software engineers are among the highest paid employees at the company. These engineers are expected to take the technical lead in whichever department they work in, whether that be YouTube, AdWords, or any other subset of the company.

Salary: $247,996

Product managers are the nexus point for every Google project. They interact with sales, software engineers, marketing managers, and just about every other piece of a project.

Some of Google's best products could not get off the ground without a good product manager.

Salary: $253,287

This type of role would require you to manage project commissioned by Google’s executive team. You’d work with the company’s senior leadership to develop and launch operational initiatives, according to a recent Google job listing. It requires 6 years of experience.

Salary: $272,370

As its name implies, an engineering director oversees all aspects of engineering within a company. This type of job could require up to 10 years of experience, according to career building website Monster.

Salary: $339,009

This is one of the highest-paying jobs you can get at Google, according to Glassdoor. A finance director typically manages all financial tasks for a company, which could include maintaining financial statements and making sure all departments are complying with the company’s financial policies.

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