Data Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Data Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$216,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$189.8k – $270.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
76%
165 of 217 roles
Live roles
217
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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Software Engineer, AI Data & Evaluation
Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training
Machine Learning Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Software Engineer, Frontier Data Products
Data Engineer
Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Software Engineer, RL Data
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$315,000 | 11 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 7 |
Fluidstack
|
$226,250 | 6 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 6 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 5 |
|
Mercor
|
$315,000 | 5 |
Peregrine Technologies
|
$237,500 | 5 |
Persona
|
$215,000 | 5 |
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How much do Data Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Data Engineer roles in San Francisco is $216,000 per year. Most pay falls between $189,795 (25th percentile) and $270,810 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $161,900 to $315,000.
These figures are computed live from 217 active Data Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 165 (76%) 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 Data Engineer roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, Mercor and Anthropic.
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.