As of November 10, 2026, the median starting salary is $175,500 a year, measured on the 576 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Compare with AI salaries by field.
$180k-$500kSan Francisco7mo
SQL jobs in San Francisco: 724 open roles
Updated Nov 10, 2026
Live postings that name SQL 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
- 724
- Build or work on AI (AI Level 3–4)
- 271
- remote
- 233
Median starting salary: $175,500.
$180k-$210kHybrid - San Francisco, CARemote9mo
langchainlanggraphpytorch+2
$150k-$185kHybrid - San Francisco, CA7mo
tensorflowscikit-learnxgboost
$190k-$285kSan Francisco, California9mo
pytorchtensorflow
$204k-$385kLondon & San Francisco2mo
openaiclaudeanthropic+3
San Francisco9mo
pytorchtensorflowjax
$70/hrSan Francisco1w
python
$70/hrSan Francisco, CA, USA2w
pytorchjaxpython+2
$65-$68/hrSan Francisco, CA4w
pytorchtensorflowjax+1
$167k-$208kSan Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United StatesRemote2mo
kubernetespythondocker+1
$270k-$305kSan Francisco, CA5mo
databricksawsgcp+1
$240k-$270kSan Francisco, CA5mo
databricksawsgcp+1
$200k-$350kSan FranciscoRemote7mo
databricks
San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote17mo
copilotcursorcodex
$180k-$400kSan Francisco7mo
openailangchainlanggraph+4
San Francisco, CA, US; USRemote8mo
copilotcursorcodex
$320k-$485kSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY1mo
$200k-$320kNew York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)7mo
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US27mo
copilotcursorcodex
$170k-$216kMountain View, California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA10mo
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US27mo
copilotcursorcodex
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US; USRemote27mo
copilotcursorcodex
San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US27mo
copilotcursorcodex
$230k-$284kMountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USARemote1w
tensorflowjaxpython+1
San Francisco, California2w
openaiclaudeanthropic+9
$114k-$136kCalifornia - San Francisco3w
AI level of SQL jobs in San Francisco
- ●●●● Builds AI90 (12%)
- ●●●○ Works on AI181 (25%)
- ●●○○ Uses AI69 (10%)
- ●○○○ Little AI384 (53%)
Companies hiring for SQL in San Francisco
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Common questions
How much do SQL jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do SQL jobs in San Francisco involve?
As of November 10, 2026, of the 724 live postings: Builds AI ●●●●: 90 (12%); Works on AI ●●●○: 181 (25%); Uses AI ●●○○: 69 (10%); Little AI ●○○○: 384 (53%). See what each level means.
Which companies are hiring for SQL jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Anthropic (75), OpenAI (43), Databricks (42), Sigma Computing (36), Waymo (34).
Which other cities have SQL jobs?
Which skills come up most in SQL jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (423), LLM (156), Machine learning (147), AI agents (143), AWS (126).
Which roles are open in SQL jobs in San Francisco?
As of November 10, 2026, by number of live postings: Software engineer (108), Data scientist (66), Finance (55), Marketing (37), Sales (28).
A posting counts when it names SQL in its title or description. Counted on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.