The median starting salary is $182,000 a year, measured on the 111 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
RAG jobs in San Francisco: 129 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name RAG 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
- 129
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 113
- remote
- 37
- median starting salary
- $182,000
San Francisco, CA; New York, NYRemote1mo
openaiclaudecopilot+2
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY1mo
openaiclaudecopilot+4
$211k-$291kNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA3mo
openaipythonpytorch
$180k-$390kSan Francisco, CA3mo
openaiclayai-agents
$200k-$280kSan FranciscoRemote4mo
claudepineconepgvector+4
$216k-$311kSan Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC5mo
$350k-$850kRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYRemote29mo
$180k-$259kSan Francisco, CA; St. Louis, MO; New York, NY; Washington, DC38mo
$124k-$162kSan Francisco, CA2d
pythontypescriptreact+1
$170k-$215kSan Francisco, CA3w
langgraphclaykubernetes+2
CAD 175k-CAD 385kSan FranciscoRemote3w
llmsapis
$196k-$235kSan FranciscoRemote1mo
langgraphpythontypescript+2
$182k-$242kSunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA1mo
langchainllamaindexhugging-face+4
AI level of RAG jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 463 (49%)
- AI Level 350 (39%)
- AI Level 23 (2%)
- AI Level 113 (10%)
Companies hiring for RAG in San Francisco
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Common questions
How much do RAG jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do RAG jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 129 live postings: AI Level 4: 63 (49%); AI Level 3: 50 (39%); AI Level 2: 3 (2%); AI Level 1: 13 (10%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for RAG jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Sierra (19), Scale AI (9), Adobe (5), Databricks (5), Drata (5). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have RAG jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: New York (102), Seattle (50), San Jose (41), Santa Clara (36), Mountain View (28). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in RAG jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: LLM (100), AI agents (84), Python (61), Prompt engineering (51), TypeScript (33). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in RAG jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (7), Machine learning engineer (7), Forward deployed engineer (6), Solutions architect (4), AI product manager (3). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names RAG in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.