The median starting salary is $194,185 a year, measured on the 1,150 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Python jobs in San Francisco: 1,409 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Python 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
- 1,409
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 827
- remote
- 481
- median starting salary
- $194,185
$188k-$275kLivingston, NJ / New York, NY / San Francisco, CA/ Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA / Remote - USRemote9mo
$110k-$153kCalifornia - San Francisco1mo
claudegeminicopilot+2
$213k-$263kMountain View, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US5mo
$173k-$260kCalifornia - San Francisco4d
claudeterraformcloudformation+7
$213k-$250kNew York, NY; Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA1w
ai-assisted-tools
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United StatesRemote1w
ai-tools
$159k-$202kUS, CA, San FranciscoRemote1w
$172k-$215kSan Francisco, CA, United States1w
databricksllmsagentic-workflows
$177k-$218kDenver, CO - Hybrid; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid2w
claudeclaude-codeai-tools
$270k-$310kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY2w
sqlrpython
$168k-$235kChicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA2w
gongclaybigquery+3
AI level of Python jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 4454 (32%)
- AI Level 3373 (26%)
- AI Level 278 (6%)
- AI Level 1504 (36%)
Companies hiring for Python in San Francisco
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Common questions
How much do Python jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Python jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 1,409 live postings: AI Level 4: 454 (32%); AI Level 3: 373 (26%); AI Level 2: 78 (6%); AI Level 1: 504 (36%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Python jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Anthropic (144), OpenAI (141), Waymo (61), Databricks (40), Sigma Computing (37). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Python jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (1,109), Seattle (703), Santa Clara (652), Austin (374), Sunnyvale (344). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Python jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (448), SQL (423), AWS (366), Machine learning (362), TypeScript (297). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Python jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Data scientist (80), Machine learning engineer (54), AI engineer (42), Forward deployed engineer (40), Data engineer (31). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Python in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.