Dropbox salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 41 certified H-1B filings by Dropbox, Inc. in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$204,000
Middle 50%$187k–$225.3k
vs. all employers here+20%comparison median $170,000
Filings41FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $132,992 and $273,915.
PercentileSalary
10th$163,600
25th$187,000
50th (median)$204,000
75th$225,300
90th$255,325

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $180k $240k FY2020: median $135,557 (92 filings) FY2021: median $150,450 (90 filings) FY2022: median $167,710 (94 filings) FY2023: median $179,350 (44 filings) FY2024: median $189,849 (46 filings) FY2025: median $194,250 (30 filings) FY2026: median $225,300 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 92 filings FY20 FY2021: 90 filings FY21 FY2022: 94 filings FY22 FY2023: 44 filings FY23 FY2024: 46 filings FY24 FY2025: 30 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 94
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$135,557$117,770$158,10092
FY2021$150,450$136,100$177,60090
FY2022$167,710$144,726$187,00094
FY2023$179,350$154,640$187,02544
FY2024$189,849$170,565$210,80046
FY2025$194,250$187,000$215,90030
FY2026$225,300$194,997$236,97211

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$197,20023
IT Managertoo few8
Data Scientisttoo few6
Systems Engineer / Architecttoo 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 1
Mid-level · Level II $197,200 29
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 7

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.