What is the average Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco, CA?

Based on 4 jobs with salary data, the average Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco, CA ranges from $185–346.3K per year.

How do Backend Engineer salaries in San Francisco, CA compare to the board-wide average?

Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco, CA pay 35% above the board-wide Backend Engineer average of $154.7–239.9K.

How are Backend Engineer salaries in San Francisco, CA calculated?

Salary figures are based on published job postings with salary data, normalized to annual USD equivalents. Statistical outliers are removed using interquartile range (IQR) filtering to ensure accuracy. Only positions with at least 5 data points are included.

Backend Engineer salaries in San Francisco, CA

Backend Engineer professionals in San Francisco, CA earn $185–346.3K per year on average, based on 4 jobs. Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco, CA pay 35% above the board-wide average of $154.7–239.9K for Backend Engineer jobs on LumiJobs.

Average salary range

$185–346.3K

Based on 4 jobs · 35% more than the average salary on LumiJobs

25th percentile

$160K

Average

$265.6K

75th percentile

$441.3K

San Francisco, CAAverage salary on LumiJobs

$154.7K$441.3K

Backend Engineer salaries by seniority in San Francisco, CA

Seniority	Avg. salary	Jobs	vs Avg. on LumiJobs
Senior	$185–346.3K	4	+35%

Other top paying titles in San Francisco, CA

Highest paying job titles in San Francisco, CA beyond Backend Engineer, ranked by average salary.

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Avg. $174.7–255.4K · 26 jobs

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Avg. $161.7–243K · 7 jobs

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Avg. $193.4–308.4K · 7 jobs

Software Engineer

Avg. $155–280.8K · 6 jobs

API Development

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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

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Other locations for Backend Engineer

Compare Backend Engineer salaries in other locations.

United States

Avg. $159.5–256.8K · 18 jobs

California

Avg. $174.4–287.8K · 9 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.