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AI Salaries in San Francisco
AI roles in San Francisco pay a median of $283,500 per year in 2026, based on 539 live listings that disclose pay. The highest-sample role is Software Engineer; the table below breaks pay down by role.
Updated 34 min ago · based on 4,947 disclosed USD listings.
Pay by role
| Role | Median | Range (25th-75th) | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $283,500 | $215,000 - $339,000 | 539 |
| Research | $310,000 | $235,000 - $400,000 | 241 |
| Infrastructure / DevOps | $263,500 | $225,000 - $312,500 | 238 |
| Product | $245,000 | $217,500 - $325,000 | 165 |
| Security | $271,000 | $232,500 - $331,250 | 143 |
| Design | $203,750 | $180,375 - $239,625 | 126 |
| ML / AI | $237,500 | $203,175 - $293,500 | 119 |
| Forward Deployed | $210,000 | $183,000 - $246,000 | 91 |
| Full-Stack | $267,500 | $200,000 - $315,000 | 75 |
| Technical Program Mgmt | $265,000 | $220,000 - $351,000 | 70 |
| Robotics / Embedded | $221,250 | $192,500 - $287,475 | 66 |
| Backend | $230,000 | $213,750 - $296,500 | 63 |
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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 $283,500 per year in 2026, based on 539 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.