Populus Group salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 36 certified H-1B filings by Populus Group LLC in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$145,600
Middle 50%$131k–$166.4k
vs. all employers here−14%comparison median $170,000
Filings36FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $115,856 and $185,380.
PercentileSalary
10th$124,800
25th$131,040
50th (median)$145,600
75th$166,400
90th$176,904

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $140k $170k FY2020: median $126,672 (31 filings) FY2021: median $123,594 (24 filings) FY2022: median $142,480 (20 filings) FY2023: median $141,440 (20 filings) FY2024: median $156,000 (17 filings) FY2025: median $145,600 (20 filings) FY2026: median $148,002 (16 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 31 filings FY20 FY2021: 24 filings FY21 FY2022: 20 filings FY22 FY2023: 20 filings FY23 FY2024: 17 filings FY24 FY2025: 20 filings FY25 FY2026: 16 filings FY26 31
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$126,672$103,584$147,16031
FY2021$123,594$104,000$129,48024
FY2022$142,480$114,936$157,30020
FY2023$141,440$124,800$160,16020
FY2024$156,000$104,000$161,20017
FY2025$145,600$140,005$161,72020
FY2026$148,002$130,780$167,06016

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Systems Engineer / Architect$145,60013
Software Engineertoo few6
QA Engineertoo few6
Data Scientisttoo few4
Electronics 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 $131,040 20
Senior · Level III $167,721 14
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.