H-1B Salaries in San Francisco, CA

10,739 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in San Francisco, California, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$187,574Median salary

$150,76525th percentile

$220,00075th percentile

10,739Filings

Top H-1B employers in San Francisco, CA

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Salesforce	749	$222,995	$190,366 – $252,000
Amazon.com Services	300	$186,000	$161,637 – $215,000
University of California, San Francisco	275	$92,284	$79,200 – $115,725
Google	273	$196,000	$167,000 – $215,000
Uber Technologies	260	$187,700	$165,050 – $213,525
Ernst & Young U.S.	236	$158,323	$121,612 – $195,467
Anthropic, PBC	194	$209,082	$174,039 – $213,512
OpenAI OpCo	191	$280,000	$250,000 – $340,000
Airbnb	144	$191,000	$177,000 – $200,000
Databricks	135	$152,610	$139,722 – $187,741
DoorDash	134	$187,741	$153,600 – $213,512
Adobe	125	$174,900	$156,915 – $210,000
Cisco Systems	114	$171,242	$152,400 – $187,574
LinkedIn	108	$162,500	$139,000 – $183,000
Autodesk	99	$185,994	$162,190 – $209,082
Meta Platforms	88	$223,376	$212,819 – $247,965
Chime Financial	82	$200,000	$170,000 – $228,750
Docusign	82	$213,512	$187,574 – $223,142
Resolve AI	82	$235,000	$200,000 – $240,000
Crusoe Energy Systems	79	$220,000	$185,000 – $259,546

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Software Engineer	1,131	$187,741	$162,000 – $213,512
Member of Technical Staff	471	$213,512	$187,574 – $280,000
Senior Software Engineer	433	$200,000	$187,574 – $221,700
Software Engineering Smts	208	$212,302	$201,476 – $226,686
Staff Software Engineer	145	$230,000	$213,512 – $260,000
Product Manager	134	$184,950	$154,000 – $214,334
Software Development Engineer	132	$165,240	$148,400 – $187,574
Associate	117	$170,000	$145,000 – $225,000
Software Engineering Lmts	116	$249,950	$238,820 – $261,500
Data Scientist	115	$174,304	$151,805 – $200,000
Software Engineering Mts	113	$175,000	$169,796 – $187,574
Machine Learning Engineer	100	$187,574	$161,909 – $213,592
Postdoctoral Scholar	86	$77,030	$74,281 – $82,836
Software Developer Engineer	65	$191,300	$149,365 – $209,000
Senior Data Scientist	63	$194,834	$168,960 – $214,600
Applied Scientist	58	$202,600	$181,625 – $220,000
Product Designer	57	$163,366	$135,800 – $187,574
Data Engineer	52	$180,941	$164,851 – $207,162
Engineering Manager	51	$256,500	$232,841 – $275,000
Manager	47	$195,000	$173,851 – $212,000

At least 5 filings in San Francisco, CA.

Level I12% · 1,154

Level II32% · 3,072

Level III27% · 2,643

Level IV29% · 2,857

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).