IBM salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 59 certified H-1B filings by IBM in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$171,312
Middle 50%$143.6k–$213.6k
vs. all employers here+1%comparison median $170,000
Filings59FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $118,789 and $310,027.
PercentileSalary
10th$138,891
25th$143,582
50th (median)$171,312
75th$213,577
90th$251,380

Salary by year

Median salary

$100k $165k $230k FY2020: median $113,797 (48 filings) FY2021: median $121,119 (32 filings) FY2022: median $125,486 (31 filings) FY2023: median $131,498 (30 filings) FY2024: median $163,013 (34 filings) FY2025: median $155,616 (43 filings) FY2026: median $212,851 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 48 filings FY20 FY2021: 32 filings FY21 FY2022: 31 filings FY22 FY2023: 30 filings FY23 FY2024: 34 filings FY24 FY2025: 43 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 48
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$113,797$99,923$125,00448
FY2021$121,119$101,338$121,44932
FY2022$125,486$123,563$150,19231
FY2023$131,498$131,498$157,92230
FY2024$163,013$123,776$197,63634
FY2025$155,616$143,582$205,30343
FY2026$212,851$180,399$229,99616

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Analyst$143,58217
Software Engineer$206,52611
Systems Engineer / Architect$191,62411
Data Scientisttoo few6
Data Engineertoo few4
Network Architecttoo few3
QA 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 – 0
Mid-level · Level II $146,295 14
Senior · Level III $143,582 22
Expert · Level IV $214,322 23

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.