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Salaries in San Francisco, CA
The average salary in San Francisco, CA is $174.1–262.6K per year, based on 56 jobs. Jobs in San Francisco, CA pay 30% above the average salary of $136.6–200.6K for jobs listed on LumiJobs.
Median salary
$208.3K
Based on 56 jobs · 30% more than the average salary on LumiJobs
25th percentile
$140K
Average
$218.4K
75th percentile
$300K
Top paying titles in San Francisco, CA
Highest paying job titles in San Francisco, CA, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $174.7–255.4K · 26 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $170.8–259.9K · 16 jobs
Backend Development
Avg. $161.7–243K · 7 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $193.4–308.4K · 7 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $155–280.8K · 6 jobs
API Development
Avg. $155–220.8K · 6 jobs
Machine Learning Engineering
Avg. $160.3–263.3K · 5 jobs
Engineering
Avg. $146–269K · 5 jobs
Security Engineering
Avg. $187.5–244.8K · 5 jobs
Full Stack Development
Avg. $155.6–232K · 5 jobs
Top paying skills in San Francisco, CA
Highest paying skills in San Francisco, CA, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $170–257.2K · 23 jobs
TypeScript
Avg. $170.9–248.7K · 17 jobs
AWS
Avg. $192.2–268.4K · 12 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $167.1–250.2K · 12 jobs
Backend Development
Avg. $163.1–273.7K · 12 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $177.3–274.3K · 12 jobs
React
Avg. $161.7–246.9K · 11 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $171.8–266K · 10 jobs
PostgreSQL
Avg. $154.4–225.3K · 9 jobs
JavaScript
Avg. $165.3–231.4K · 9 jobs
Top paying companies
Highest paying companies, ranked by average salary.
CCiti
Avg. $130.9–186.6K · 15 jobs
CCapital One
Avg. $189.8–227.4K · 12 jobs
BBright Vision Technologies
Avg. $95.9–141.7K · 11 jobs
CCACI, INC.-FEDERAL
Avg. $93.6–199.2K · 9 jobs
BBooz Allen Hamilton
Avg. $89.3–203.4K · 8 jobs
GGuidehouse
Avg. $109.3–181.9K · 7 jobs
Other locations
San Francisco, CA salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.