Researcher salaries in San Francisco.
What Researcher roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$261,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$200k – $347.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
54.9%
118 of 215 roles
Live roles
215
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (RL Velocity)
Machine Learning Systems Engineer, RL Engineering
Research Engineer, Pretraining Scaling
Research Engineer, Knowledge Foundations
Senior Director Monetization Strategy (REMOTE BAY AREA OR SEATTLE)
RE / RS - Foundations, Search
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet Scheduling
Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher)
Clearway Energy
Cartesia
Decagon
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How much do Researcher roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Researcher roles in San Francisco is $261,000 per year. Most pay falls between $200,000 (25th percentile) and $347,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $185,700 to $370,000.
These figures are computed live from 215 active Researcher roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 118 (54.9%) 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 Researcher roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, Veeam Software, OpenAI and Perplexity.
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.