Senior data engineer salary in the San Francisco Bay Area

The median posted base pay for senior data engineering jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area is $200K a year, from 90 open jobs at 73 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $181K to $225K. One job in ten has posted pay above $270K.

Data of Nov 11, 2026. This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay: $200K
Middle half of the jobs: $181K to $225K
10th to 90th percentile: $165K to $270K
Open jobs with posted pay: 90
Companies: 73

Data engineer pay by level in the San Francisco Bay Area

Posted base pay for data engineering jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, by the level in the job title. This page is about the senior level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

Level not stated100 jobs$200K$167K to $248K
Senior90 jobs$200K$181K to $225K
Staff40 jobs$240K$228K to $266K

Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Pay bands by level, data engineering, Bay Area. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Jobs with pay
Level not stated	$151K	$167K	$200K	$248K	$308K	100
Senior	$165K	$181K	$200K	$225K	$270K	90
Staff	$200K	$228K	$240K	$266K	$285K	40

Open jobs

Other levels in the San Francisco Bay Area

Other places

Other job types in the San Francisco Bay Area

How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.