AI Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What AI Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$225,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$190k – $275k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
51.4%
2,143 of 4,172 roles
Live roles
4,172
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Research Engineer, Knowledge Team
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Performance Engineer
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs
Research Engineer, Environment Scaling
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 233 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 115 |
Databricks
|
$222,325 | 87 |
Pinterest
|
$270,990 | 49 |
| SA Scale AI | $243,000 | 41 |
Harvey
|
$248,350 | 36 |
Baseten
|
$247,500 | 34 |
Okta
|
$230,650 | 28 |
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How much do AI Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for AI Engineer roles in San Francisco is $225,000 per year. Most pay falls between $190,000 (25th percentile) and $275,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $160,000 to $332,100.
These figures are computed live from 4,172 active AI Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 2,143 (51.4%) 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 AI Engineer roles in San Francisco include Anthropic.
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.