Linux salaries in San Francisco, CA
Linux professionals in San Francisco, CA earn $154.2–211.9K per year on average, based on 3 jobs. Linux roles in San Francisco, CA pay 20% above the board-wide average of $125.7–179.6K for Linux jobs on Tech Jobs.
Average salary range
$154.2–211.9K
Based on 3 jobs · 20% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$141.3K
Average
$183K
75th percentile
$219.6K
Top paying titles in San Francisco, CA
Highest paying job titles in San Francisco, CA, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $173.3–271.5K · 21 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $174.4–287.1K · 16 jobs
AI Engineer
Avg. $192.4–290.4K · 10 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $198.1–296.3K · 7 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $202–326.2K · 6 jobs
Backend Development
Avg. $170.8–237.5K · 6 jobs
Other top paying skills in San Francisco, CA
Highest paying skills in San Francisco, CA beyond Linux, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $181.5–276.8K · 37 jobs
AWS
Avg. $184.4–274.2K · 17 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $176.4–278K · 15 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $176.5–255.2K · 14 jobs
Typescript
Avg. $184.7–313.5K · 12 jobs
Go
Avg. $184.4–300.7K · 12 jobs
Other locations for Linux
Compare Linux salaries in other locations.
United States
Avg. $137.1–196.1K · 49 jobs
California
Avg. $135.3–195.3K · 18 jobs
Maryland
Avg. $138–223.4K · 9 jobs
Annapolis Junction, MD
Avg. $139.5–221.3K · 4 jobs
Virginia
Avg. $161.8–221.4K · 4 jobs
Linux salary FAQs for San Francisco, CA
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.