The median starting salary is $250,000 a year, measured on the 181 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$220k-$485kSan Francisco5mo
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Rust jobs in San Francisco: 198 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Rust 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
- 198
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 125
- remote
- 63
- median starting salary
- $250,000
$200k-$290kSan Francisco13mo
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$500k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY18mo
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$199k-$270kNew York City, New York; San Francisco, California4mo
$190k-$270kNew York City, New York; San Francisco, California4mo
San Francisco, CA, US; Remote, USRemote3d
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$350k-$850kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY2w
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$231k-$340kSan FranciscoRemote2w
openaianthropicazure-openai+3
$236k-$290kSan Francisco2mo
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$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA3mo
$165k-$330kSan FranciscoRemote7mo
vllmcursorclay
$230k-$385kSan Francisco4d
linuxc
$320k-$405kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY1w
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AI level of Rust jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 492 (46%)
- AI Level 333 (17%)
- AI Level 25 (3%)
- AI Level 168 (34%)
Companies hiring for Rust in San Francisco
Rust jobs in other cities
Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Rust jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Rust jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 198 live postings: AI Level 4: 92 (46%); AI Level 3: 33 (17%); AI Level 2: 5 (3%); AI Level 1: 68 (34%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Rust jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: OpenAI (54), Anthropic (41), Perplexity (17), Thinking Machines Lab (10), Mercor (5). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Rust jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (149), New York (131), Austin (68), Santa Clara (66), Bellevue (35). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Rust jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (148), C++ (75), Kubernetes (72), AWS (54), TypeScript (50). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Rust jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Machine learning engineer (2), Solutions architect (2), AI engineer (1), Data engineer (1), Forward deployed engineer (1). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Rust in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.