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Software Engineer Salaries in San Francisco
Explore Software Engineer salaries across 73 jobs in San Francisco
Average salary range
$236.1k – $341.8k
Based on 73 jobs · 15% more than the average Software Engineer salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$180k
Average
$289.0k
75th percentile
$405k
Software Engineer salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | $191.6k – $285.8k | 26 |
| Senior | $250.9k – $364.6k | 41 |
Software Engineer salaries in other locations
Santa Clara
Avg. $148.3k – $305.9k · 23 jobs
Sunnyvale
Avg. $142.6k – $236.4k · 14 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $180k – $440k · 13 jobs
New York City
Avg. $184.4k – $273.5k · 8 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $144.2k – $211.4k · 5 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
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $243.3k – $356.5k · 67 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $231.7k – $325.8k · 66 jobs
AI Research
Avg. $262.9k – $400.9k · 58 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
Software 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.