Kafka salaries in San Francisco.
What Kafka roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$215,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$190k – $250k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
77.8%
252 of 324 roles
Live roles
324
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)
Engineering Manager
Backend Engineer, Marketplace
Payments Engineer
Machine Learning Engineer, Marketplace
Software Engineer, Build Systems / CI
Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Sr. Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Quality
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Peregrine Technologies
|
$237,500 | 20 |
Forge Global
|
$202,000 | 15 |
Databricks
|
$193,500 | 11 |
| ZG Zeta Global | $202,500 | 10 |
Amplitude
|
$229,500 | 7 |
Unity Technologies
|
$219,275 | 6 |
ngrok Inc.
|
$183,950 | 6 |
Crusoe
|
$231,000 | 5 |
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How much do Kafka roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Kafka roles in San Francisco is $215,000 per year. Most pay falls between $190,000 (25th percentile) and $250,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $167,850 to $289,300.
These figures are computed live from 324 active Kafka roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 252 (77.8%) 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 Kafka roles in San Francisco include Replo, Mercor, OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab.
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.