Snap salaries in San Francisco, CA

Based on 33 certified H-1B filings by Snap Inc. in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$187,574
Middle 50%$158.6k–$206.3k
vs. all employers here+10%comparison median $170,000
Filings33FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $102,505 and $222,111.
PercentileSalary
10th$136,343
25th$158,642
50th (median)$187,574
75th$206,315
90th$212,073

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $165k $200k FY2020: median $160,701 (30 filings) FY2021: median $145,246 (38 filings) FY2022: median $144,726 (31 filings) FY2024: median $181,272 (13 filings) FY2025: median $177,488 (24 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 30 filings FY20 FY2021: 38 filings FY21 FY2022: 31 filings FY22 FY2023: 9 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 9 filings FY26 38
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$160,701$144,040$168,95830
FY2021$145,246$144,726$157,41738
FY2022$144,726$126,287$157,77931
FY2023–––9
FY2024$181,272$151,736$206,31513
FY2025$177,488$158,642$206,31524
FY2026–––9

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Software Engineer$187,57420
Data Scientist$158,64211
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 – 0
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III $180,960 13
Expert · Level IV $206,315 14

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.