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Tech salaries in San Francisco

Real compensation data from 654 job listings in San Francisco. Updated daily from active postings.

Listings

654

Median salary

$167,500 (₹1.4 Cr)

25th percentile

$118,822

75th percentile

$210,000

Salary by role in San Francisco

Product Manager

31 listings

$210,888 (₹1.8 Cr)

$139,674 - $228,000

Frontend Engineer

14 listingsEstimated

$205,000 (₹1.7 Cr)

$143,784 - $230,000

Backend Engineer

8 listingsEstimated

$202,500 (₹1.7 Cr)

$195,000 - $215,712

Software Engineer

150 listings

$192,500 (₹1.6 Cr)

$159,749 - $225,000

$190,000 (₹1.6 Cr)

$165,000 - $235,000

ML Engineer

27 listings

$181,741 (₹1.5 Cr)

$120,864 - $215,000

Data Engineer

5 listingsEstimated

$176,000 (₹1.5 Cr)

$138,858 - $181,330

Security Engineer

6 listingsEstimated

$165,057 (₹1.4 Cr)

$98,657 - $169,347

Designer

94 listings

$165,000 (₹1.4 Cr)

$121,731 - $200,000

QA Engineer

5 listingsEstimated

$140,103 (₹1.2 Cr)

$85,979 - $144,983

DevOps / SRE

10 listingsEstimated

$137,254 (₹1.1 Cr)

$104,140 - $168,007

Data Scientist

2 listingsLimited data

$135,635 (₹1.1 Cr)

$97,655 - $135,635

Mobile Engineer

9 listingsEstimated

$130,704 (₹1.1 Cr)

$125,351 - $180,000

Salary by seniority in San Francisco

VP

$600,000 (₹5.0 Cr)

Range: $600,000 - $600,000 (1 listing)Limited data

Principal

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

Range: $350,000 - $350,000 (2 listings)Limited data

Staff

$240,000 (₹2.0 Cr)

Range: $240,000 - $240,000 (2 listings)Limited data

head

$225,000 (₹1.9 Cr)

Range: $185,000 - $265,000 (56 listings)

staff

$200,000 (₹1.7 Cr)

Range: $175,000 - $235,000 (39 listings)

vp

$196,122 (₹1.6 Cr)

Range: $159,695 - $215,000 (16 listings)Estimated

c-suite

$189,765 (₹1.6 Cr)

Range: $120,435 - $279,864 (14 listings)Estimated

not_applicable

$187,226 (₹1.6 Cr)

Range: $187,226 - $187,226 (1 listing)Limited data

senior

$184,136 (₹1.5 Cr)

Range: $139,004 - $210,888 (75 listings)

director

$182,313 (₹1.5 Cr)

Range: $153,945 - $219,042 (28 listings)

Senior

$175,000 (₹1.5 Cr)

Range: $175,000 - $175,000 (1 listing)Limited data

lead

$160,000 (₹1.3 Cr)

Range: $126,464 - $196,640 (17 listings)Estimated

unspecified

$153,751 (₹1.3 Cr)

Range: $109,771 - $195,000 (264 listings)

entry

$140,000 (₹1.2 Cr)

Range: $88,319 - $300,000 (4 listings)Limited data

manager

$139,513 (₹1.2 Cr)

Range: $109,304 - $190,000 (92 listings)

mid

$137,500 (₹1.1 Cr)

Range: $95,591 - $179,881 (35 listings)

intern

$91,585 (76 LPA)

Range: $85,979 - $148,365 (7 listings)Estimated

Salary by skill in San Francisco

go

3 listingsLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

$240,000 - $350,000

distributed systems

4 listingsLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

$350,000 - $600,000

ml infrastructure

3 listingsLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

$350,000 - $600,000

python

2 listingsLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

$350,000 - $350,000

react

2 listingsLimited data

$240,000 (₹2.0 Cr)

$175,000 - $240,000

typescript

2 listingsLimited data

$240,000 (₹2.0 Cr)

$175,000 - $240,000

design systems

2 listingsLimited data

$240,000 (₹2.0 Cr)

$175,000 - $240,000

engineering-management

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

engineering-leadership

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

software-engineering-management

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

engineering-manager

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

it-engineering-manager

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

senior-engineering-manager

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

software-engineering-manager

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

sr.-engineering-manager

2 listingsLimited data

$210,000 (₹1.8 Cr)

$197,500 - $210,000

Top companies by compensation in San Francisco

1JPMorgan logo
JPMorgan

1 listingLimited data

$452,453 (₹3.8 Cr)

2
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Nickel.AI

1 listingLimited data

$400,000 (₹3.3 Cr)

3Capital One logo
Capital One

1 listingLimited data

$399,560 (₹3.3 Cr)

4Pylon logo
Pylon

3 listingsLimited data

$369,263 (₹3.1 Cr)

5Roche logo
Roche

1 listingLimited data

$366,705 (₹3.1 Cr)

6OpenAI logo
OpenAI

2 listingsLimited data

$366,000 (₹3.1 Cr)

7Qurrent logo
Qurrent

1 listingLimited data

$364,759 (₹3.0 Cr)

8Xoxo Ai logo
Xoxo Ai

1 listingLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

9Saragos logo
Saragos

2 listingsLimited data

$350,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

10
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Lambda

1 listingLimited data

$348,000 (₹2.9 Cr)

About tech salaries in San Francisco

San Francisco and the Bay Area remain the global epicenter of tech compensation. Home to the headquarters of Apple, Google, Meta, Salesforce, and thousands of startups, the region consistently offers the highest base salaries and total compensation packages in the world. High cost of living is offset by stock grants and bonuses that can double base salary at senior levels.

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