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Staff Engineer Salaries in San Francisco
Explore Staff Engineer salaries across 6 jobs in San Francisco
Average salary range
$273.3k – $346.7k
Based on 6 jobs · 18% more than the average Staff Engineer salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$240k
Average
$310k
75th percentile
$383.8k
Staff Engineer salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $273.3k – $346.7k | 6 |
Top paying titles in San Francisco
Software Engineering
Avg. $228.3k – $331.2k · 210 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $244.7k – $355.8k · 82 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $220.1k – $310.7k · 73 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $236.1k – $341.8k · 73 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $231.7k – $325.8k · 66 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $245.7k – $357.8k · 65 jobs
Top paying skills in San Francisco
Python
Avg. $225.9k – $315.7k · 343 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $237.8k – $338.2k · 180 jobs
Data Analysis
Avg. $214.1k – $278.9k · 143 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $214.2k – $292.7k · 132 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $239.6k – $345.6k · 129 jobs
AWS
Avg. $215.7k – $298.0k · 102 jobs
Staff 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.