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AI Salaries in San Francisco
AI roles in San Francisco pay a median of $281,750 per year in 2026, based on 460 live listings that disclose pay. The highest-sample role is Software Engineer; the table below breaks pay down by role.
Updated 38 min ago · based on 3,931 disclosed USD listings.
Pay by role
| Role | Median | Range (25th-75th) | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $281,750 | $215,000 - $330,000 | 460 |
| Research | $310,000 | $235,000 - $400,000 | 197 |
| Infrastructure / DevOps | $262,500 | $225,000 - $310,000 | 196 |
| Product | $241,250 | $215,625 - $281,500 | 126 |
| Security | $267,400 | $235,000 - $339,000 | 104 |
| ML / AI | $238,750 | $202,500 - $294,225 | 96 |
| Design | $195,650 | $180,000 - $228,500 | 94 |
| Forward Deployed | $202,500 | $180,000 - $225,000 | 73 |
| Full-Stack | $241,700 | $200,000 - $309,000 | 69 |
| Backend | $227,500 | $214,375 - $291,000 | 60 |
| Robotics / Embedded | $217,500 | $197,500 - $282,425 | 56 |
| Solutions / Sales Eng | $215,000 | $185,000 - $235,000 | 53 |
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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 $281,750 per year in 2026, based on 460 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.