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Backend Engineer Salaries in San Francisco
Explore Backend Engineer salaries across 28 jobs in San Francisco
Average salary range
$212.8k – $309.9k
Based on 28 jobs · 3% more than the average Backend Engineer salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$175k
Average
$261.4k
75th percentile
$393.8k
Backend Engineer salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | $179.8k – $261.4k | 9 |
| Senior | $224.5k – $328.9k | 18 |
Backend Engineer salaries in other locations
Palo Alto
Avg. $180k – $440k · 7 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $160k – $238.6k · 5 jobs
Santa Clara
Avg. $175k – $324.9k · 4 jobs
New York City
Avg. $160k – $253.3k · 3 jobs
Top paying titles in San Francisco
Software Engineering
Avg. $227.4k – $329.8k · 212 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $244.7k – $355.8k · 82 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $219.5k – $312.4k · 74 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $236.1k – $341.8k · 73 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $243.3k – $356.5k · 67 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $231.7k – $325.8k · 66 jobs
Top paying skills in San Francisco
Python
Avg. $225.2k – $314.6k · 346 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $237.8k – $338.2k · 180 jobs
Data Analysis
Avg. $213.3k – $278.0k · 144 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $213.9k – $293.8k · 133 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $239.1k – $345.0k · 130 jobs
AWS
Avg. $216.9k – $300.9k · 103 jobs
Backend Engineer salary FAQs for San Francisco
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.