San Francisco · United States
Electrical Engineer salary in San Francisco
The median salary in Electrical Engineer job ads in San Francisco, United States is $202,500 a year (about $16,875 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $156,325 to $281,000, based on 23 salaries from 10 employers, updated 8 Nov 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Electrical Engineers: official pay in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, May 2025
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, electrical engineers (SOC 17-2071) earned a median $166,030 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 23 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $202,500.
- 10th percentile
- $97,500
- 25th percentile
- $124,720
- Median
- $166,030
- 75th percentile
- $204,490
- 90th percentile
- $219,070
Jobiba's job-ad median is 22% above the BLS median.
Occupation: Electrical Engineers (SOC 17-2071) · 2,470 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area, all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (metropolitan area data) (public domain), retrieved 1 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $202,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $188,750
- Oct 2026
- Low $188,750 · Oct 2026
- Salaries
- 23
- from 10 employers
- Last updated
- 8 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 8 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in San Francisco
- 10th percentile
- $129,760
- 25th percentile
- $156,325
- Median
- $202,500
- 75th percentile
- $281,000
- 90th percentile
- $401,500
23 salaries · 26 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 264 salaries: up +24.2%
Based on 23 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 8 Nov 2026
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Electrical Engineer pay in San Francisco
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| aimedian $251,000 · 12 salaries | up +24.0% | |
| pythonmedian $187,500 · 13 salaries | down −7.4% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Electrical Engineer jobs that show their pay in San Francisco
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Electrical Engineer IIHinge Health · Mid level · posted 7 Nov 2026$126,400 – $173,800
- Senior Electrical Engineer, Ground Power SystemsAstro Mechanica · Senior level · posted 4 Nov 2026$175,000 – $230,000
- Principal Electrical Engineer, Ground Power SystemsAstro Mechanica · Senior level · posted 4 Nov 2026$250,000 – $290,000
- Senior Electrical Engineer, Aircraft Power SystemsAstro Mechanica · Senior level · posted 4 Nov 2026$175,000 – $230,000
- Embedded / Electrical EngineerHuman Archive · posted 3 Nov 2026$80,000 – $100,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
23 salaries from 10 employers, posted between 8 Nov 2025 and 8 Nov 2026. Last updated 8 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 100%
Frequently asked questions
Electrical Engineer salary in San Francisco: common questions
What is the average Electrical Engineer salary in San Francisco in 2026?
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, electrical engineers (SOC 17-2071) earned a median $166,030 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 23 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $202,500. The middle half of those job ads pay between $156,325 and $281,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Electrical Engineer pay in San Francisco compare with the United States median?
The Electrical Engineer median in San Francisco is +24.2% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Electrical Engineer salary in San Francisco?
From 23 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.