SRE salaries in San Francisco.
What SRE roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$211,878
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$184.4k – $237.2k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
85.1%
86 of 101 roles
Live roles
101
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Staff Security Reliability Engineer
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
Data Center Engineer, Reliability & Infrastructure Management – Compute Supply
Member of Technical Staff, Production Site Reliability Engineer
Software Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE)
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Storage
Site Reliability Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Cisco
|
$227,300 | 7 |
Early Warning Services
|
$145,500 | 7 |
Okta
|
$230,500 | 6 |
Altruist
|
$221,500 | 4 |
| LI LiveRamp | $170,500 | 4 |
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 3 |
|
OpenAI
|
$286,000 | 3 |
|
Lambda
|
$293,750 | 2 |
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How much do SRE roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for SRE roles in San Francisco is $211,878 per year. Most pay falls between $184,375 (25th percentile) and $237,225 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $152,250 to $275,350.
These figures are computed live from 101 active SRE roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 86 (85.1%) 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 SRE roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, Anthropic, Inferact and Sierra.
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 SRE salary in San Francisco?
- The median is $211,878 per year, with most pay between $184,375 and $237,225 (25th–75th percentile), based on 86 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the SRE salary range in San Francisco?
- Pay ranges from about $152,250 to $275,350 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $211,878. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.