The median starting salary is $180,000 a year, measured on the 674 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
AWS jobs in San Francisco: 795 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name AWS in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 795
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 273
- remote
- 214
- median starting salary
- $180,000
$187k-$253kUS, CA, San Francisco2mo
$177k-$239kUS, CA, San Francisco3mo
$232k-$310kSan Francisco, CA, United States3mo
$170k-$240kSan Francisco, CA3mo
databricks
$325k-$434kSan Francisco, California, USRemote4d
$177k-$239kUS, CA, San Francisco1mo
$157k-$213kUS, CA, San Francisco1mo
$157k-$213kUS, CA, San Francisco1mo
$215k-$254kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WARemote2mo
gopythontypescript+7
$200k-$270kSan Francisco, CARemote2mo
kubernetesterraformaws+1
AI level of AWS jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 4121 (15%)
- AI Level 3152 (19%)
- AI Level 230 (4%)
- AI Level 1492 (62%)
Companies hiring for AWS in San Francisco
AWS jobs in other cities
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do AWS jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do AWS jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 795 live postings: AI Level 4: 121 (15%); AI Level 3: 152 (19%); AI Level 2: 30 (4%); AI Level 1: 492 (62%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for AWS jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Amazon (161), Anthropic (55), Databricks (32), Scale AI (30), MongoDB (26). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have AWS jobs?
Which skills come up most in AWS jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Google Cloud (400), Python (366), Azure (315), Kubernetes (279), LLM (181). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in AWS jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Solutions architect (49), AI engineer (20), Forward deployed engineer (13), AI product manager (10), Data engineer (10). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names AWS in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.