As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $198,000 a year, measured on the 45 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
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NLP jobs in San Francisco: 64 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name NLP 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
- 64
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 60
- remote
- 18
Median starting salary: $198,000.
$173k-$260kCalifornia - San Francisco4w
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$80-$90/hrSan Francisco, CA4w
databricksawsgcp+1
$199k-$275kSan Francisco, CA, USA1mo
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San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, USRemote1mo
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San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, USRemote1mo
pytorchtensorflowmlflow
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; New York, NY, US1mo
pytorchtensorflowmlflow+3
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US1mo
pytorchtensorflowmlflow+3
$241k-$383kSan Francisco1mo
pytorchpythoncloud-technologies
$197k-$314kCalifornia - San Francisco1mo
pytorchjaxasr+2
$250k-$500kSan Francisco2mo
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$180k-$205kSan Francisco, CARemote3mo
pythonllms
$192k-$260kUS, CA, San Francisco3mo
tensorflowscikit-learnpython+4
$190k-$325kSan FranciscoRemote10mo
$205k-$300kSF OfficeRemote16mo
pytorchtensorflowjax
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States17mo
chatgptclaudecopilot
San Francisco, CA1mo
$140k-$265kMountain View, CA; San Francisco, CA55mo
$158k-$288kCalifornia - San Francisco1mo
langchainllamaindexdatabricks+1
$177k-$237kNew York, NY / San Francisco, CA6d
kubernetescloud-infrastructureai-platforms
$154k-$247kUS - San Francisco, CA1w
scikit-learnpythonsql
$226k-$338kSan Francisco, California, United States of America3w
chatgptawsazure+2
$197k-$314kCalifornia - San Francisco3w
$148k-$185kSan Francisco, CA1mo
$203k-$283kSan Francisco2mo
openaifigmajira
$135k-$288kCalifornia - San FranciscoRemote4mo
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AI level of NLP jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI51 (80%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI9 (14%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI1 (2%)
- ●○○○ Little AI3 (5%)
Companies hiring for NLP in San Francisco
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Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do NLP jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do NLP jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 64 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 51 (80%); Works on AI ●●●○: 9 (14%); Uses AI ●●○○: 1 (2%); Little AI ●○○○: 3 (5%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for NLP jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Pinterest (9), Salesforce (5), Figma (4), Together AI (4), Abridge (2).
Which other cities have NLP jobs?
As of November 10, 2026, cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (97), Seattle (71), Santa Clara (22), Palo Alto (19), San Jose (13).
Which skills come up most in NLP jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Machine learning (52), LLM (45), Python (39), PyTorch (25), Reinforcement learning (24).
Which roles are open in NLP jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Machine learning engineer (14), Research scientist (6), Software engineer (5), AI engineer (4), Applied scientist (4).
A posting counts when it names NLP in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.