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Software engineer salary in the San Francisco Bay Area

242 software engineer roles in the San Francisco Bay Area, from 119 employers and posted Oct 20–27, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $180K and the median top is $261K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $144K to $225K, and the middle half of the tops from $216K to $340K.

These are the ranges employers published in their own postings. They are not offers, not what people are paid and not a market average. Of the 291 software engineer roles in the San Francisco Bay Area RoleWeek lists, 242 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together and shown apart under By level. Data as of .

242roles list a yearly salary range
119employers posted them
$180Kmedian bottom of the range
$261Kmedian top of the range

How the posted ranges spread

Measure25th percentileMedian75th percentile
Bottom of the posted range$144K$180K$225K
Top of the posted range$216K$261K$340K

Not counted: 33 roles list no salary and 16 list pay by the hour. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.

By level

LevelRolesBottom of range median, middle halfTop of range median, middle half
Mid level81$165K $130K–$200K$246K $194K–$334K
Senior60$176K $140K–$198K$243K $212K–$272K
Staff+55$205K $165K–$267K$286K $232K–$348K
Manager28$202K $182K–$225K$300K $250K–$341K
Director+13$269K $220K–$300K$373K $338K–$415K

Level is RoleWeek’s reading of each posting. A level with fewer than 10 roles that list a yearly range is left out.

Roles that list a yearly salary

Showing 24 of 242, newest first. Show all software engineer roles in the San Francisco Bay Area that list a salary

How these numbers are made

  • Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
  • One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
  • Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
  • Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ for the Canadian cities, $ for US cities and remote roles. Pay by the hour, day, week or month is never converted or mixed in.
  • A page exists only when 15 or more roles list a yearly range; a level gets a row at 10. The numbers are rebuilt every day from the roles posted in the last 7 days.

The roles themselves: Software engineer jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area (291 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.

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