Test Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Test Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$197,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$165k – $235k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
48%
447 of 931 roles
Live roles
931
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Machine Learning Systems Engineer, RL Engineering
Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer Productivity
Product Manager, Developer Productivity
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Post-Training
Software Engineer, Frontend
ML/Research Engineer, Safeguards
Data Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$309,000 | 42 |
Astranis
|
$147,500 | 39 |
Astro Mechanica
|
$187,500 | 22 |
Kodiak
|
$210,000 | 17 |
|
Anthropic
|
$425,000 | 13 |
Databricks
|
$196,250 | 13 |
| FA Fractional AI | $212,500 | 11 |
Redwood Materials
|
$200,375 | 10 |
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How much do Test Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Test Engineer roles in San Francisco is $197,000 per year. Most pay falls between $165,000 (25th percentile) and $235,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $139,000 to $310,000.
These figures are computed live from 931 active Test Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 447 (48%) 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 Test Engineer roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, OpenAI and Mercor.
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.