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AI Salaries in San Francisco
AI roles in San Francisco pay a median of $288,000 per year in 2026, based on 290 live listings that disclose pay. The highest-sample role is Software Engineer; the table below breaks pay down by role.
Updated 13 min ago · based on 2,542 disclosed USD listings.
Pay by role
| Role | Median | Range (25th-75th) | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $288,000 | $215,000 - $316,875 | 290 |
| Research | $327,750 | $243,000 - $370,000 | 160 |
| Infrastructure / DevOps | $262,500 | $221,290 - $307,500 | 144 |
| Product | $242,500 | $210,000 - $309,000 | 84 |
| Security | $268,750 | $236,000 - $339,000 | 66 |
| ML / AI | $240,000 | $202,500 - $297,900 | 65 |
| Design | $200,000 | $180,000 - $229,625 | 62 |
| Full-Stack | $255,250 | $200,000 - $308,625 | 58 |
| Forward Deployed | $200,000 | $182,500 - $225,000 | 57 |
| Backend | $232,500 | $203,125 - $285,375 | 46 |
| Data Scientist | $307,500 | $260,000 - $339,000 | 33 |
| Frontend | $225,000 | $195,000 - $261,875 | 22 |
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About this data
- How much do AI jobs pay in San Francisco?
- AI roles in San Francisco pay a median of $288,000 per year in 2026, based on 290 live listings that disclose pay. The highest-sample role is Software Engineer; the table below breaks pay down by role.
- How is this calculated?
- Each figure is the median of disclosed salaries on currently active AI listings based in San Francisco, annualized and shown in a single currency - pay is never averaged across currencies. Every figure carries the number of listings behind it.
- How current is the data?
- It reflects live listings and updates continuously as new roles are posted and old ones close.