Software engineer salary in the San Francisco Bay Area
The median posted base pay for software engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area is $212K a year, from 5,509 open jobs at 1,261 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $180K to $250K. One job in ten has posted pay above $300K.
- Median posted base pay
- $212K
- Middle half of the jobs
- $180K to $250K
- 10th to 90th percentile
- $153K to $300K
- Open jobs with posted pay
- 5,509
- Companies
- 1,261
Software engineer pay by level in the San Francisco Bay Area
Posted base pay for software engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area, by the level in the job title. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.
- Intern29 jobs$123K$115K to $132K
- Entry level88 jobs$147K$140K to $164K
- Level not stated2,620 jobs$200K$165K to $240K
- Senior1,642 jobs$212K$192K to $238K
- Staff730 jobs$239K$215K to $273K
- Principal240 jobs$273K$225K to $320K
- Director+160 jobs$285K$250K to $325K
| Level | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th | Jobs with pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | $103K | $115K | $123K | $132K | $146K | 29 |
| Entry level | $129K | $140K | $147K | $164K | $177K | 88 |
| Level not stated | $145K | $165K | $200K | $240K | $296K | 2,620 |
| Senior | $168K | $192K | $212K | $238K | $270K | 1,642 |
| Staff | $195K | $215K | $239K | $273K | $313K | 730 |
| Principal | $202K | $225K | $273K | $320K | $371K | 240 |
| Director+ | $210K | $250K | $285K | $325K | $380K | 160 |
Top-paying companies for software engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
The companies with the highest median posted base pay for software engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.
- 1Netflix$473K23 jobs
- 2Anthropic$403K64 jobs
- 3Roku$364K7 jobs
- 4OpenAI$356K120 jobs
- 5Thinking Machines Lab$350K5 jobs
- 6Mercor$330K5 jobs
- 7Veeam Software$328K9 jobs
- 8Ivo Inc.$327K7 jobs
- 9Perplexity$313K22 jobs
- 10OpenArt AI$313K6 jobs
- 11Lambda$313K5 jobs
- 12a16z$301K6 jobs
- 13Decagon$300K9 jobs
- 14Triumph$300K5 jobs
- 15Capital One$290K15 jobs
- 16Snowflake$288K49 jobs
- 17Sierra$285K22 jobs
- 18Wispr Flow$285K10 jobs
- 19Shepherd$285K7 jobs
- 20Wayve$285K21 jobs
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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.