As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $175,000 a year, measured on the 313 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
San Francisco, CA1w
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Generative AI jobs in San Francisco: 389 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name Generative AI 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
- 389
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 228
- remote
- 127
Median starting salary: $175,000.
$149kUS, CA, San Francisco1mo
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$200k-$375kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United StatesRemote12mo
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn
$200k-$290kSan Francisco14mo
vllmcursorelevenlabs+1
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY3mo
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY9mo
openai
$238k-$302kNew York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA10mo
hugging-facepytorchtensorflow
San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY21mo
San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY24mo
langgraphpytorchtensorflow+1
$190k-$285kSan Francisco, California9mo
pytorchtensorflow
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States10mo
hugging-facepytorchjax
$191k-$233kSan Francisco, California13mo
$220k-$270kSan Francisco17mo
cursorelevenlabsdecagon
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States17mo
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn+1
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA3w
python
San Francisco, CA • New York, NY1mo
chatgptclaudecopilot+3
$290k-$520kHouston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle1mo
vllmgpukubernetes+1
$260k-$300kSan Francisco1mo
San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote1mo
pythonkubernetespytorch
San Francisco, CA1mo
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$220k-$330kHouston; New York; San Francisco; Seattle1mo
openaivllmpytorch+5
San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NYRemote2mo
pytorchpython
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US4mo
llms
$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote10mo
pytorchcursorclay
San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote8mo
copilotcursorcodex
$200k-$280kSan Francisco12mo
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AI level of Generative AI jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI94 (24%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI134 (34%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI27 (7%)
- ●○○○ Little AI134 (34%)
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Common questions
How much do Generative AI jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Generative AI jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 389 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 94 (24%); Works on AI ●●●○: 134 (34%); Uses AI ●●○○: 27 (7%); Little AI ●○○○: 134 (34%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Generative AI jobs in San Francisco?
Which other cities have Generative AI jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (532), Seattle (504), Santa Clara (158), Bellevue (138), Austin (108).
Which skills come up most in Generative AI jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (146), Python (121), AWS (111), Machine learning (100), AI agents (89).
Which roles are open in Generative AI jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (42), Sales (38), Solutions architect (25), AI engineer (21), HR (13).
A posting counts when it names Generative AI in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.