Architect salaries in San Francisco.
What Architect roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$216,125
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$185k – $262.1k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
50.8%
742 of 1,462 roles
Live roles
1,462
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Performance Engineer, GPU
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Senior Director, Revenue Technology & Innovation
3P Architect
Research Engineer / Scientist, Societal Impacts
Software Engineer, AI Data & Evaluation
Software Engineer, Applied AI
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$350,000 | 32 |
|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 31 |
Cartesia
|
$215,000 | 31 |
Databricks
|
$211,850 | 31 |
Samsara
|
$178,195 | 30 |
| SA Scale AI | $237,600 | 19 |
Okta
|
$234,600 | 16 |
Airwallex
|
$225,000 | 14 |
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How much do Architect roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Architect roles in San Francisco is $216,125 per year. Most pay falls between $185,000 (25th percentile) and $262,125 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $155,410 to $309,000.
These figures are computed live from 1,462 active Architect roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 742 (50.8%) 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 Architect roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, Pinterest, OpenAI and Mercor.
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.