# Data Engineer Salary San Francisco: $232k median (2026)

> data engineer salary San Francisco - based on 96 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $232k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $185k - $234k
- **Based on:** 57 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 37 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 11 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 9 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 7 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 3 open)
- Information service activities (division 63, 2 open)

## Top companies hiring

- OpenAI (4 open)
- Releady (3 open)
- Harnham (3 open)
- Quanata (2 open)
- Tessera Data (2 open)
- BayOne Solutions (2 open)
- Vori (2 open)
- Okta (2 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Data Engineer, People Analytics](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-people-analytics-at-smrti-lab-4445905572) - Smrti Lab - San Francisco, CA - $213,000 to $250,000
- [Data Engineer, People Analytics](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-people-analytics-at-dot-dot-innovation-4445901697) - DOT_DOT Innovation - San Francisco, CA - $213,000 to $250,000
- [Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-at-openai-4417160962) - OpenAI - San Francisco, CA - $230K - $385K
- [Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-at-harnham-4445364337) - Harnham - San Francisco Bay Area - $120K–$140K
- [Data Engineer, People Analytics](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-people-analytics-at-banking-top-4444833401) - banking.TOP - San Francisco, CA - $213,000 to $250,000
- [Data Engineer, People Innovation Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-people-innovation-labs-at-openai-4417178054) - OpenAI - San Francisco, CA - $293K - $325K
- [Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/data-engineer-at-brex-4359462015) - Brex - San Francisco, CA - $120,800 - $151,000
- [Senior Staff Engineer — Data Engineering & Architecture](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-staff-engineer-%E2%80%94-data-engineering-architecture-at-ripple-4386894538) - Ripple - San Francisco, CA - $232,000 USD - $280,000
- [Staff Data Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2b343af57a18df36) - Frontapp - San Francisco, CA - $237,000 - $270,000 a year
- [Lead Data Engineer](https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9968c8f3b39358aa) - Happen Bank, N.A. - San Francisco, CA - $190,000 - $220,000 a year
- [Senior Data Engineer – Hardware & Supply Chain](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-data-engineer-%E2%80%93-hardware-supply-chain-at-%C5%8Dura-4433128715) - ŌURA - San Francisco, CA - $172,550- $203,000
- [Staff Data Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-data-engineer-at-tessera-data-4444961003) - Tessera Data - San Francisco Bay Area - $224,000 - $264,000

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