Web Developer salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 36 certified H-1B filings in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Fremont, Pleasanton, Oakland, Livermore, Newark.

Also listed as: Front End Developer, Developer User Interface

Median salary$116,667
Middle 50%$89k–$150.7k
vs. national median+37%comparison median $85,000
Filings36FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $81,120 and $219,875.
PercentileSalary
10th$83,491
25th$88,965
50th (median)$116,667
75th$150,710
90th$179,421

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $100k $130k FY2020: median $84,802 (78 filings) FY2021: median $87,298 (52 filings) FY2022: median $90,771 (53 filings) FY2023: median $94,757 (18 filings) FY2024: median $96,595 (14 filings) FY2025: median $114,525 (24 filings) FY2026: median $117,000 (12 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 78 filings FY20 FY2021: 52 filings FY21 FY2022: 53 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 12 filings FY26 78
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$84,802$84,802$87,29878
FY2021$87,298$87,298$90,77152
FY2022$90,771$90,771$90,77153
FY2023$94,757$87,901$100,94118
FY2024$96,595$96,595$99,66114
FY2025$114,525$84,750$150,71024
FY2026$117,000$116,334$158,01112

Cost of living

San Francisco's median Web Developer salary of $116,667 is worth about $100,900 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Francisco = 115.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Web Developers in the San Francisco, CA area earned a median of $152,450 in May 2025 (1,420 employed). The H-1B median here is $116,667, 23% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Teslatoo few4
Caspextoo few3
Harvey Nashtoo few3
Avenue Codetoo few2
FWD.ustoo few2
Hashforest Technologytoo few2
Tanisha Systemstoo few2
With Woztoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $84,500 12
Mid-level · Level II $127,500 15
Senior · Level III too few 3
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$80,558$84,50012
Mid-level · Level II$114,525$127,50015

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.