Staff Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$245,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$222.3k – $285.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
83.3%
624 of 749 roles
Live roles
749
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Financial Fraud
Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards ML Infrastructure
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Inference & Training Platform)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 48 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 45 |
Crusoe
|
$237,500 | 29 |
|
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 26 |
Pinterest
|
$306,235 | 21 |
Okta
|
$230,500 | 15 |
Faire
|
$293,625 | 14 |
CoreWeave
|
$231,500 | 14 |
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How much do Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco is $245,000 per year. Most pay falls between $222,325 (25th percentile) and $285,375 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $198,350 to $362,500.
These figures are computed live from 749 active Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 624 (83.3%) 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 Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco include Anthropic and Perplexity.
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.