Median salary
$215,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$175k – $265k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
47.8%
1,136 of 2,375 roles
Live roles
2,375
open right now
Research Engineer, Knowledge Team
Research Scientist, Interpretability
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Research Engineer, Safeguards Labs
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Performance Engineer
Research Engineer, Environment Scaling
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anthropic
|
$372,500 | 114 |
Pinterest
|
$260,867 | 51 |
DoorDash USA
|
$169,350 | 48 |
| SA Scale AI | $243,000 | 42 |
OpenAI
|
$277,500 | 31 |
Okta
|
$230,650 | 28 |
Airwallex
|
$216,250 | 26 |
Figma
|
$264,500 | 21 |
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The median salary for Process Engineer roles in San Francisco is $215,000 per year. Most pay falls between $175,000 (25th percentile) and $265,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $144,225 to $337,500.
These figures are computed live from 2,375 active Process Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 1,136 (47.8%) 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 Process Engineer roles in San Francisco include 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.