As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $179,600 a year, measured on the 1,000+ postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
San Francisco, CA1w
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AI agents jobs in San Francisco: 1,200+ open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name AI agents in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated from Little AI to Builds AI for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 1,200+
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 672
- remote
- 431
Median starting salary: $179,600.
$58-$70/hrSan Francisco1mo
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$250k-$300kSan Francisco2mo
cursorelevenlabsdecagon
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY3mo
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY9mo
openai
$238k-$302kMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; New York City, NY, USA9mo
pytorchtensorflowjax
San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY24mo
langgraphpytorchtensorflow+1
$184k-$239kSan Francisco, California, US5d
vllmpytorch
$190k-$270kSan Francisco5mo
cursorelevenlabsdecagon
Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) / Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform (Agentic Systems)
$197k-$314kCalifornia - San Francisco4d
openaiclaudeanthropic+1
London & San Francisco1w
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London & San Francisco1w
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$229k-$343kMountain View, California; San Francisco, CaliforniaRemote2w
kubernetespytorchdeepspeed+2
$197k-$365kCalifornia - San FranciscoRemote3w
llmsasics
$200k-$275kSan FranciscoRemote4w
cursorclaypython+2
San Francisco, CARemote1mo
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San Francisco, CARemote1mo
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$200k-$375kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United StatesRemote1mo
python
San Francisco, CARemote1mo
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San Francisco, CARemote1mo
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San Francisco, CA1mo
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AI level of AI agents jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI216 (18%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI456 (38%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI93 (8%)
- ●○○○ Little AI444 (37%)
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Common questions
How much do AI agents jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do AI agents jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 1,200+ live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 216 (18%); Works on AI ●●●○: 456 (38%); Uses AI ●●○○: 93 (8%); Little AI ●○○○: 444 (37%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for AI agents jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Salesforce (184), Sierra (102), Decagon (68), Notion (60), Braze (55).
Which other cities have AI agents jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (711), Seattle (254), Chicago (192), Austin (137), Santa Clara (118).
Which skills come up most in AI agents jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (377), Python (320), AWS (186), TypeScript (157), SQL (143).
Which roles are open in AI agents jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (233), Sales (129), AI product manager (54), Marketing (53), Cybersecurity (38).
A posting counts when it names AI agents in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.