San Francisco · United States
Staff Engineer salary in San Francisco
The median salary in Staff Engineer job ads in San Francisco, United States is $248,750 a year (about $20,729 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $238,750 to $270,375, based on 8 salaries from 8 employers, updated 8 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $248,750
- a year
- Salaries
- 8
- from 8 employers
- Last updated
- 8 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 8 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in San Francisco
- 10th percentile
- $232,900
- 25th percentile
- $238,750
- Median
- $248,750
- 75th percentile
- $270,375
- 90th percentile
- $298,350
8 salaries · 12 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Based on 8 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 8 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Staff Engineer jobs that show their pay in San Francisco
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Staff Engineer, MSK VerticalsHinge Health · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$192,000 – $264,000
- Staff EngineerVitalize · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$195,000 – $275,000
- Staff Engineer - Web ApplicationsKikoff · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$307,000 – $352,000
- Staff Engineer, Core Services PlatformStrava · Senior level · posted 4 Nov 2026$225,000 – $278,000
- Staff Engineer - Robot Learning, Embodied AINiantic Spatial · Senior level · posted 4 Nov 2026$270,000 – $300,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
8 salaries from 8 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.
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Frequently asked questions
Staff Engineer salary in San Francisco: common questions
What is the average Staff Engineer salary in San Francisco in 2026?
Job ads for Staff Engineer in San Francisco on Jobiba list a median salary of $248,750 a year, based on 8 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $238,750 and $270,375 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Staff Engineer salary in San Francisco?
From 8 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.