Median salary
$201,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$175k – $241.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
44.5%
239 of 537 roles
Live roles
537
open right now
Fullstack Software Engineer, Applied AI
Software Engineer, Frontend
Software Engineer, Systems - Claude Code
Product Designer, Claude Code
Design Engineer, AI Capability Development (Education Labs)
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer)
Technical Lead, Frontend
Security Engineer
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$267,500 | 27 |
Okta
|
$269,000 | 10 |
Anthropic
|
$261,250 | 8 |
Box
|
$198,000 | 8 |
Commure
|
$200,000 | 7 |
| SA Scale AI | $255,150 | 6 |
Databricks
|
$208,913 | 6 |
Checkr
|
$201,500 | 6 |
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The median salary for JavaScript roles in San Francisco is $201,500 per year. Most pay falls between $175,000 (25th percentile) and $241,750 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $147,950 to $288,600.
These figures are computed live from 537 active JavaScript roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 239 (44.5%) 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 JavaScript roles in San Francisco include Mercor, Anthropic, Perplexity and Onyx.
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.