Staff Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$245,150
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$222.4k – $285.5k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
83.8%
624 of 745 roles
Live roles
745
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
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Staff Software Engineer, Environments Infrastructure
Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards ML Infrastructure
Staff Software Engineer, Claude Design
Staff+ Software Engineer, Financial Fraud
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$402,500 | 55 |
Databricks
|
$226,000 | 46 |
Crusoe
|
$237,500 | 30 |
Perplexity
|
$312,500 | 27 |
Pinterest
|
$297,883 | 18 |
Okta
|
$230,500 | 17 |
Harvey
|
$268,338 | 16 |
CoreWeave
|
$231,500 | 14 |
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How much do Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco is $245,150 per year. Most pay falls between $222,369 (25th percentile) and $285,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $198,500 to $362,500.
These figures are computed live from 745 active Staff Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 624 (83.8%) 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 Staff 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.