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Engineering Manager salary in San Francisco
The median salary in Engineering Manager job ads in San Francisco, United States is $308,750 a year (about $25,729 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $256,250 to $354,375, based on 66 salaries from 22 employers, updated 3 Nov 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Architectural and Engineering Managers: official pay in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, May 2025
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $221,580 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 66 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $308,750.
- 10th percentile
- $165,160
- 25th percentile
- $184,720
- Median
- $221,580
- 75th percentile
- $287,680
- 90th percentile
- $320,120
Jobiba's job-ad median is 39% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Sentry and Harvey. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Architectural and Engineering Managers (SOC 11-9041) · 5,000 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
- $308,750
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $311,750
- Aug 2026
- Low $308,750 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 66
- from 22 employers
- Last updated
- 3 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 3 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in San Francisco
- 10th percentile
- $233,850
- 25th percentile
- $256,250
- Median
- $308,750
- 75th percentile
- $354,375
- 90th percentile
- $423,000
66 salaries · 105 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 280 salaries: up +22.4%
Based on 66 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 3 Nov 2026
Salary by experience
How Engineering Manager pay changes with experience in San Francisco
Pay by the years of experience employers ask for in their job posts (grouped by the stated minimum), from salaries listed in the last 12 months. A group appears only with at least 8 salaries.
| Years of experience | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 3–6 years$214,369–$297,500 · 8 salaries. 10th to 90th percentile $197,678 to $347,000 | $229,700 | |
| 6–10 years$270,525–$344,000 · 14 salaries. 10th to 90th percentile $258,450 to $352,500 | $300,000 |
One shared scale, $191.5K to $358.7K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Salary by company
What companies pay a Engineering Manager in San Francisco
Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.
| Company | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI$359,875–$457,125 · 14 salaries | $423,000 | |
| Sentry$291,250–$335,000 · 8 salaries | $322,500 | |
| Harvey$300,000–$313,500 · 5 salaries | $313,500 |
One shared scale, $284.6K to $463.8K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Engineering Manager 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 |
|---|---|---|
| artificial intelligencemedian $423,000 · 15 salaries | up +37.0% | |
| pythonmedian $335,000 · 14 salaries | up +8.5% | |
| aimedian $313,500 · 61 salaries | up +1.5% | |
| financemedian $304,500 · 10 salaries | down −1.4% | |
| kubernetesmedian $300,000 · 9 salaries | down −2.8% | |
| machine learningmedian $247,500 · 12 salaries | down −19.8% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Engineering Manager jobs that show their pay in San Francisco
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Engineering Manager, Backend PlatformHarvey · Senior level · posted 23 Oct 2026$272,000 – $355,000
- Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace PlatformDatabricks · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$217,000 – $312,200
- Engineering Manager, PersonalizationDoorDash USA · Senior level · posted 23 Oct 2026$193,800 – $285,000
- Engineering Manager, PreparednessOpenAI · posted 23 Oct 2026$445,000 – $510,000
- Sr. Engineering Manager - Notebook DataplaneDatabricks · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$190,900 – $253,750
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
66 salaries from 22 employers, posted between 3 Nov 2025 and 3 Nov 2026. Last updated 3 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 91%
- Other sources 9%
Frequently asked questions
Engineering Manager salary in San Francisco: common questions
What is the average Engineering Manager salary in San Francisco in 2026?
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $221,580 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 66 job ads for San Francisco jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $308,750. The middle half of those job ads pay between $256,250 and $354,375 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Engineering Manager pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 39% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Sentry and Harvey. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How much does an Engineering Manager earn in San Francisco by years of experience?
By the years of experience employers ask for in their postings (grouped by the stated minimum): 3–6 years: $229,700 median (8 postings); 6–10 years: $300,000 median (14 postings). Groups with fewer than 8 salaries are not shown.
How does Engineering Manager pay in San Francisco compare with the United States median?
The Engineering Manager median in San Francisco is +22.4% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Engineering Manager salary in San Francisco?
From 66 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.