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salary report · updated november 2026

How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in San Francisco? (November 2026)

As of November 2026, the median data science salary in San Francisco is $234,150 a year. Most roles pay between $156,400 and $350,000 (the 10th–90th percentile), drawn from 947 live salaried listings across 222 companies. All figures are converted to annual US dollars so different sources compare like-for-like.

Median salary
$234,150
per year · annual USD
Typical range
$156k – $350k
10th–90th percentile
Range seen
$15k – $969k
lowest to highest
Sample
947
salaried listings · 222 companies
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How pay has moved

$125k$283k$442kAug 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026

Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

  1. #1
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    Anthropic
    65 salaried listings in San Francisco
    $402,500
    median
    Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Scientist, Pre-training$500k – $850k·RemoteResearch Engineer, Chip Design RL$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CA
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  2. #2
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    OpenAI
    56 salaried listings in San Francisco
    $392,500
    median
    Research Scientist / Research Engineer - Foundations, Search$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist / Research Engineer, Search - Knowledge Graphs$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist / Research Engineer, Search Integrity$380k – $850k·San FranciscoResearch Engineer, Privacy$500k+·San FranciscoData Engineering Manager, Growth & Revenue$459k – $536k·San Francisco
    All OpenAI roles →
  3. #3
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    Attentive
    3 salaried listings in San Francisco
    $350,000
    median
    Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning$350k – $430k·San Francisco, CAApplied Science / Data Science Leader$320k – $380k·San Francisco, CASenior Machine Learning Engineer$244k – $320k·San Francisco, CA
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  4. #4
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    AfterQuery
    4 salaried listings in San Francisco
    $330,000
    median
    Research Engineer$210k – $450k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist - Post Training$210k – $450k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist – Frontier Evaluations$210k – $450k·San FranciscoMachine Learning Engineer - Quality Intelligence$200k – $300k·San Francisco
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  5. #5
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    Mercor
    12 salaried listings in San Francisco
    $320,000
    median
    Research Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training$250k – $500k·San FranciscoResearch Scientist, APEX Benchmarks$200k – $500k·San FranciscoResearch Engineer - Environments, Data and Post-Training$180k – $500k·San FranciscoResearch Engineer – Benchmarking$180k – $500k·San FranciscoResearch Engineer, Real Environments$180k – $500k·San Francisco
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Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in San Francisco; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.

See the open data science roles in San Francisco →

Data science pay elsewhere

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Methodology: data science listings in San Francisco with a published salary, updated daily. Figures come from roles that are open right now. Ranges and single figures are converted to an annual US-dollar midpoint; hourly rates are annualised and out-of-band values dropped. Salary data is self-reported by employers and covers the roles that disclose pay — treat it as a directional guide, not a guarantee.