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Backend Engineering salaries in San Francisco, CA
Backend Engineering professionals in San Francisco, CA earn $177.7–301.7K per year on average, based on 3 jobs. Backend Engineering roles in San Francisco, CA pay 19% above the board-wide average of $149.1–252.6K for Backend Engineering jobs on LumiJobs.
Average salary range
$177.7–301.7K
Based on 3 jobs · 19% more than the average salary on LumiJobs
25th percentile
$166.5K
Average
$239.7K
75th percentile
$340K
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
Other top paying skills in San Francisco, CA
Highest paying skills in San Francisco, CA beyond Backend Engineering, 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
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All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.