As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $180,000 a year, measured on the 105 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$190k-$285kSan Francisco, California9mo
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Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco: 117 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name prompt engineering 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
- 117
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 95
- remote
- 39
Median starting salary: $180,000.
$153k-$376kSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States10mo
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$180k-$400kSan Francisco7mo
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$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA8h ago
$196k-$235kSan FranciscoRemote2mo
CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle1w
ai-gateway
$159k-$302kSan FranciscoRemote3w
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San Francisco, CARemote3w
openaiclaudeanthropic+2
San Francisco, CARemote3w
openaiclaudeanthropic+2
$208k-$312kHybrid - San Francisco, New York CityRemote4w
openaipythonjavascript+3
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA4w
openaiclay
$230k-$360kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); United StatesRemote1mo
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$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA1mo
openaiclay
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA1mo
openaiclay
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA1mo
openaiclayai-agents
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA1mo
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San Francisco, CA2mo
openaiclayreact+3
$150k-$180kSan Francisco, CA2mo
openaiclay
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA4mo
openaiclayai-agents
$197k-$271kSan Francisco, California, United States6mo
pythonllmsrag
$208k-$312kHybrid - San Francisco, New York City14mo
openai
CA - San Francisco; WA - Seattle3d
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$177k-$239kUS, CA, San FranciscoRemote1w
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AI level of Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI38 (32%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI57 (49%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI6 (5%)
- ●○○○ Little AI16 (14%)
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Common questions
How much do Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 117 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 38 (32%); Works on AI ●●●○: 57 (49%); Uses AI ●●○○: 6 (5%); Little AI ●○○○: 16 (14%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Sierra (23), Salesforce (13), Anthropic (8), Drata (5), Airwallex (4).
Which other cities have Prompt engineering jobs?
Which skills come up most in Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (83), AI agents (66), Python (52), RAG (50), TypeScript (35).
Which roles are open in Prompt engineering jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (39), AI engineer (9), Forward deployed engineer (5), Solutions architect (5), AI product manager (4).
A posting counts when it names Prompt engineering in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.