Compensation salaries in San Francisco.
What Compensation roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$200,750
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$161k – $250k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
42.8%
3,385 of 7,917 roles
Live roles
7,917
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Outside Sales Business Development Leader – West Coast
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Performance Engineer
Research Scientist, Societal Impacts
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Research Engineer, Knowledge Team
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$347,500 | 264 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 213 |
Databricks
|
$215,750 | 177 |
Figma
|
$232,500 | 100 |
| SA Scale AI | $243,000 | 94 |
Harvey
|
$230,000 | 88 |
Astranis
|
$165,000 | 86 |
Fluidstack
|
$225,000 | 74 |
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How much do Compensation roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Compensation roles in San Francisco is $200,750 per year. Most pay falls between $161,000 (25th percentile) and $250,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $125,000 to $310,000.
These figures are computed live from 7,917 active Compensation roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 3,385 (42.8%) 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 Compensation roles in San Francisco include Prendio - BioProcure and 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.