QA Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What QA Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$161,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$130.8k – $182.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
56.5%
39 of 69 roles
Live roles
69
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Principal Software Engineer: Distributed Systems (Config, Test, & Deployment)
Reliability Test Engineer
Software Engineer - SDET
Senior Test Engineer
Senior Propulsion Test Engineer
SDET II, tvScientific
Senior Hardware Integration Test Engineer
Senior Hardware/Production Test Software Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Astranis
|
$182,500 | 8 |
Zipline
|
$162,500 | 4 |
Air Apps
|
$98,547 | 4 |
|
Astro Mechanica
|
$187,500 | 3 |
| HE Heartflow | $171,250 | 2 |
Echo Neurotechnologies
|
$167,500 | 2 |
|
Cloudflare
|
$259,000 | 1 |
|
DoorDash USA
|
$210,000 | 1 |
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How much do QA Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for QA Engineer roles in San Francisco is $161,000 per year. Most pay falls between $130,750 (25th percentile) and $182,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $109,000 to $187,500.
These figures are computed live from 69 active QA Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 39 (56.5%) 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 QA Engineer roles in San Francisco include Cloudflare, DoorDash USA, Sigma Computing and Astro Mechanica.
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.