Hardware Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$206,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$170k – $307.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
76.3%
29 of 38 roles
Live roles
38
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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How much do Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco is $206,000 per year. Most pay falls between $170,000 (25th percentile) and $307,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $138,860 to $341,500.
These figures are computed live from 38 active Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 29 (76.3%) 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 Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, Anthropic and AeroVect.
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.