Tech Lead salaries in San Francisco.
What Tech Lead roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$237,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$207.3k – $288.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
81.7%
143 of 175 roles
Live roles
175
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Evals Infrastructure Tech Lead / Manager
Technical Lead, Safety Research
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety
Technical Lead Manager
Senior Technical Alliances Lead, Security & AI (Remote: San Fran/West Coast)
Lead Safety Engineer, Robotics
Technical Lead Manager - Training Runtime, Data(set) Movement
Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$264,250 | 22 |
|
OpenAI
|
$370,000 | 13 |
| ZG Zeta Global | $190,000 | 9 |
Forge Global
|
$224,500 | 4 |
| SA Scale AI | $307,000 | 3 |
|
Anthropic
|
$290,000 | 3 |
Glean
|
$275,000 | 3 |
Ironclad
|
$257,500 | 3 |
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How much do Tech Lead roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Tech Lead roles in San Francisco is $237,500 per year. Most pay falls between $207,250 (25th percentile) and $288,750 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $175,000 to $327,780.
These figures are computed live from 175 active Tech Lead roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 143 (81.7%) 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 Tech Lead roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, OpenAI, Instabase and Veeam Software.
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.