Engineering Manager salaries in San Francisco.
What Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$251,394
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$216.7k – $288.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
83.5%
334 of 400 roles
Live roles
400
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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Engineering Manager
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Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Brex
|
$270,000 | 25 |
|
Anthropic
|
$445,000 | 20 |
|
OpenAI
|
$339,000 | 18 |
DoorDash USA
|
$239,400 | 15 |
Databricks
|
$228,138 | 15 |
Figma
|
$317,000 | 8 |
| MI Mixpanel | $223,000 | 7 |
Harvey
|
$331,750 | 6 |
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How much do Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco is $251,394 per year. Most pay falls between $216,719 (25th percentile) and $288,804 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $174,945 to $350,250.
These figures are computed live from 400 active Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 334 (83.5%) 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 Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, Instabase, Mercor and Thinking Machines Lab.
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.