SRE salaries in San Francisco.
What SRE roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$206,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$185k – $230.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
84.3%
91 of 108 roles
Live roles
108
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Staff+ Site Reliability Engineer, Safeguards ML Infra
Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability
Advanced Packaging Reliability Engineer
Member of Technical Staff, Site Reliability Engineer
Software Engineer, Site Reliability (SRE)
Staff Security Reliability Engineer
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Storage
Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Managed Kubernetes
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Okta
|
$230,500 | 9 |
|
Lambda
|
$298,000 | 5 |
Altruist
|
$221,500 | 4 |
Cisco
|
$206,450 | 4 |
| LI LiveRamp | $170,500 | 4 |
Fluidstack
|
$198,500 | 3 |
| CI Circle | $178,750 | 3 |
|
Anthropic
|
$403,750 | 2 |
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How much do SRE roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for SRE roles in San Francisco is $206,500 per year. Most pay falls between $185,000 (25th percentile) and $230,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $162,382 to $298,000.
These figures are computed live from 108 active SRE roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 91 (84.3%) 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 SRE roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, OpenAI, Inferact and Sierra.
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average SRE salary in San Francisco?
- The median is $206,500 per year, with most pay between $185,000 and $230,500 (25th–75th percentile), based on 91 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the SRE salary range in San Francisco?
- Pay ranges from about $162,382 to $298,000 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $206,500. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.