Architect salaries in San Francisco.
What Architect roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$210,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$174k – $249.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
85.4%
134 of 157 roles
Live roles
157
open right now
Salary trend
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How much do Architect roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Architect roles in San Francisco is $210,000 per year. Most pay falls between $174,000 (25th percentile) and $249,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $144,000 to $304,528.
These figures are computed live from 157 active Architect roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 134 (85.4%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Architect roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, Anthropic, Datadog and Vercel.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average Architect salary in San Francisco?
- The median is $210,000 per year, with most pay between $174,000 and $249,500 (25th–75th percentile), based on 134 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Architect salary range in San Francisco?
- Pay ranges from about $144,000 to $304,528 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $210,000. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.