The median starting salary is $200,000 a year, measured on the 47 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
NLP jobs in San Francisco: 58 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name NLP 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
- 58
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 52
- remote
- 18
- median starting salary
- $200,000
$200k-$375kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote)Remote11mo
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn
$120k-$300kSan Francisco / Bay Area11mo
chatgptclaudepytorch+1
$251k-$310kMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA4mo
vertex-aipytorchtensorflow+2
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States9mo
hugging-facepytorchjax
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States16mo
pytorchtensorflowscikit-learn+1
$58-$70/hrSan Francisco1w
pytorchjaxcursor+3
$58-$70/hrSan Francisco1w
pytorchjaxcursor+3
$58-$70/hrSan Francisco, Amsterdam1w
pytorchjaxcursor+2
$58-$70/hrSan Francisco, Amsterdam1w
pytorchjaxcursor+2
$200k-$290kSan Francisco1mo
pytorchcursorelevenlabs+2
$180k-$250kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
claudevllmpytorch+3
$200k-$290kSan Francisco2mo
vllmcursorelevenlabs+5
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US26mo
copilotcursorcodex
$200k-$375kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United States (Remote)Remote3mo
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US26mo
copilotcursorcodex
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; Remote, USRemote26mo
copilotcursorcodex
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US26mo
copilotcursorcodex
AI level of NLP jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 442 (72%)
- AI Level 310 (17%)
- AI Level 23 (5%)
- AI Level 13 (5%)
Companies hiring for NLP in San Francisco
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Common questions
How much do NLP jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do NLP jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 58 live postings: AI Level 4: 42 (72%); AI Level 3: 10 (17%); AI Level 2: 3 (5%); AI Level 1: 3 (5%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for NLP jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Together AI (7), Pinterest (5), OpenAI (4), Ambience Healthcare (3), Faire (3). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have NLP jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (71), New York (63), San Jose (22), Santa Clara (20), Palo Alto (15). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in NLP jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (42), Machine learning (42), Python (34), Reinforcement learning (20), PyTorch (19). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in NLP jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Machine learning engineer (9), Research scientist (7), Data scientist (4), AI engineer (3), Applied scientist (2). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names NLP in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.