All roles · Boston vs All roles · San Francisco

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

All roles · San Francisco pays about 22% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

All roles · Boston All roles · San Francisco
$168k
$205k
$74.9k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $330.1k

All roles · Boston

$168,000

median · per year, annualized USD

$128.9k 25th
$168k Median
$202.6k 75th
$92.5k
$251k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $50k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
26.9%
Live roles
4,158

All roles · San Francisco

$205,000

median · per year, annualized USD

$163.1k 25th
$205k Median
$255k 75th
$125k
$312.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $1,100k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
43%
Live roles
14,383

All roles · Boston vs All roles · San Francisco: which pays more?

The median for All roles · Boston is $168,000 per year (typically $128,934–$202,625), versus $205,000 for All roles · San Francisco ($163,100–$255,000). That puts All roles · San Francisco about 22% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so All roles · Boston and All roles · San Francisco are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.

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