Cisco Systems salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 204 certified H-1B filings by Cisco Systems, Inc. in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$164,209

Middle 50%$142.1k–$187.6k

vs. all employers here−3%comparison median $170,000

Filings204FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

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Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $98,688 and $247,886.

Median salary

Filings per year

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 year	Median	P25	P75	Filings
FY2020	$138,010	$117,770	$147,534	246
FY2021	$147,534	$134,000	$170,000	169
FY2022	$133,493	$121,763	$148,600	256
FY2023	$145,891	$130,057	$158,992	128
FY2024	$152,922	$133,250	$180,960	106
FY2025	$162,435	$133,910	$183,240	102
FY2026	$168,462	$149,300	$190,444	102

Job	Median here	Filings
Software Engineer	$187,574	79
Systems Engineer / Architect	$158,778	28
Network Administrator	$130,554	16
Sales Engineer	$155,522	16
Industrial Engineer	$135,800	15
Data Scientist	$166,850	10
Management Consultant	too few	6
QA Engineer	too few	6
Network Architect	too few	5
Operations Research Analyst	too few	5
Marketing Manager	too few	3
Information Security Analyst	too few	3
Financial Manager	too few	2
Research Scientist (Computer Science)	too few	2

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

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.