Salesforce salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 1,320 certified H-1B filings by Salesforce in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$220,114
Middle 50%$188.6k–$250.5k
vs. all employers here+29%comparison median $170,000
Filings1,320FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $128,831 and $342,339.
PercentileSalary
10th$165,213
25th$188,567
50th (median)$220,114
75th$250,526
90th$285,100

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $180k $240k FY2020: median $137,447 (958 filings) FY2021: median $154,428 (864 filings) FY2022: median $196,560 (1,002 filings) FY2023: median $176,440 (786 filings) FY2024: median $207,480 (837 filings) FY2025: median $225,000 (675 filings) FY2026: median $213,512 (645 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 958 filings FY20 FY2021: 864 filings FY21 FY2022: 1,002 filings FY22 FY2023: 786 filings FY23 FY2024: 837 filings FY24 FY2025: 675 filings FY25 FY2026: 645 filings FY26 1,002
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$137,447$119,122$160,701958
FY2021$154,428$145,191$170,872864
FY2022$196,560$169,050$223,5771,002
FY2023$176,440$158,000$214,796786
FY2024$207,480$172,536$240,320837
FY2025$225,000$192,800$251,569675
FY2026$213,512$185,135$248,908645

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$222,959885
QA Engineer$165,393108
IT Manager$279,62199
Systems Engineer / Architect$212,33893
Data Scientist$207,84024
Data Engineer$233,50019
Information Security Analyst$211,64715
Sales Engineer$194,80912
Operations Research Analyst$200,00011
Research Scientist (Computer Science)too few9
Graphic Designertoo few5
Sales Representativetoo few5
Network Architecttoo few4
Database Administratortoo few4
UX Designertoo few4
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JobMedian hereFilings
Market Research Analysttoo few3
Economisttoo few3
Sales Managertoo few2
Project Managertoo few2
Industrial Designertoo 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 $147,000 27
Mid-level · Level II $178,729 333
Senior · Level III $224,772 600
Expert · Level IV $263,052 332

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.