Frontend Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Frontend Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$212,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$188.3k – $245k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
39.3%
343 of 872 roles
Live roles
872
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Software Engineer, Agents
Fullstack Software Engineer, Applied AI
Senior Backend Engineer
Software Engineer, Frontend
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet Scheduling
Software Engineer, Claude Design
Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 19 |
Commure
|
$200,000 | 9 |
|
Anthropic
|
$352,500 | 8 |
Retell AI
|
$250,000 | 7 |
Sift Stack, Inc.
|
$195,000 | 7 |
Harvey
|
$252,850 | 6 |
| ME Metriport | $157,500 | 6 |
Giga
|
$300,000 | 5 |
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How much do Frontend Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Frontend Engineer roles in San Francisco is $212,500 per year. Most pay falls between $188,250 (25th percentile) and $245,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $160,000 to $306,000.
These figures are computed live from 872 active Frontend Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 343 (39.3%) 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 Frontend Engineer roles in San Francisco include Mercor, Replo, OpenAI 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.