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Writer salaries in San Francisco.

What Writer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.

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Median salary

$219,250

per year · annualized USD

Typical range

$180k – $247.5k

25th–75th percentile

Disclosing pay

62.4%

118 of 189 roles

Live roles

189

open right now

Salary distribution

annualized USD · disclosed roles
$180k 25th
$219.3k Median
$247.5k 75th
$139.9k
$270k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $105k – $380k · outliers off-axis

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Baseten $247,500 64
WRITER $194,750 17
Anthropic $251,250 4
OpenAI $239,500 3
Envoy $138,125 3
Firecrawl $182,500 2
Harper $130,000 2
DoorDash USA $109,200 2

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How much do Writer roles in San Francisco pay?

The median salary for Writer roles in San Francisco is $219,250 per year. Most pay falls between $180,000 (25th percentile) and $247,500 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $139,850 to $270,000.

These figures are computed live from 189 active Writer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 118 (62.4%) 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 Writer roles in San Francisco include Baseten.

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.

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