Apple salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 75 certified H-1B filings by Apple in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$185,769
Middle 50%$169.3k–$207.8k
vs. all employers here+9%comparison median $170,000
Filings75FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $130,532 and $247,227.
PercentileSalary
10th$150,405
25th$169,347
50th (median)$185,769
75th$207,800
90th$213,512

Salary by year

Median salary

$150k $185k $220k FY2020: median $173,504 (23 filings) FY2021: median $168,971 (10 filings) FY2022: median $191,686 (15 filings) FY2023: median $187,521 (12 filings) FY2024: median $206,315 (26 filings) FY2025: median $192,429 (45 filings) FY2026: median $181,100 (30 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 23 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 12 filings FY23 FY2024: 26 filings FY24 FY2025: 45 filings FY25 FY2026: 30 filings FY26 45
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$173,504$158,600$210,40523
FY2021$168,971$158,075$190,22510
FY2022$191,686$179,850$205,00015
FY2023$187,521$181,490$215,88512
FY2024$206,315$189,183$209,90626
FY2025$192,429$175,800$206,31545
FY2026$181,100$156,918$213,51230

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$198,01250
IT Managertoo few8
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo few5
QA Engineertoo few3
Data Scientisttoo few3
Data Engineertoo few2

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in San Francisco, CA.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $181,100 17
Senior · Level III too few 8
Expert · Level IV $207,800 26

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.