System Administrator salaries in San Francisco.
What System Administrator roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$172,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$154.8k – $217.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
39.3%
24 of 61 roles
Live roles
61
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Site Reliability Engineer
Senior Account Executive, Insurance
Sr Director, Customer Relationship Management
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Senior Business Systems Architect
Member of Technical Staff, DevOps
Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Kubernetes
Senior Commercial Underwriter, Underwriting Intelligence
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| SA Snorkel AI | $150,000 | 2 |
|
Checkr
|
$281,000 | 1 |
|
Twist Bioscience
|
$270,000 | 1 |
|
Fluidstack
|
$247,500 | 1 |
|
Lambda
|
$240,500 | 1 |
|
Vapi
|
$235,000 | 1 |
|
Okta
|
$230,500 | 1 |
HackerOne
|
$213,000 | 1 |
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How much do System Administrator roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for System Administrator roles in San Francisco is $172,500 per year. Most pay falls between $154,763 (25th percentile) and $217,375 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $135,000 to $245,400.
These figures are computed live from 61 active System Administrator roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 24 (39.3%) 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 System Administrator roles in San Francisco include Fluidstack, Checkr, Twist Bioscience and Skild AI.
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.