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Software Engineer
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Software Engineer · Salesforce, Inc. · San Francisco, CA

For Software Engineer at Salesforce, Inc. in San Francisco, CA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $215,940.675. The sample denominator is 474 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

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Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

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Software Engineer · Google LLC · San Francisco, CA

For Software Engineer at Google LLC in San Francisco, CA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $200,000. The sample denominator is 115 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

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Software Engineer · Databricks, Inc. · San Francisco, CA

For Software Engineer at Databricks, Inc. in San Francisco, CA, the median offered annual base wage is USD $149,365. The sample denominator is 92 offered-wage filings. Measurement period: FY 2026 filings. Benchmark year: 2026.

Wages.fyi calculates this median from available regulatory wage filings. Filings describe offered base wages, not realized employee earnings or total compensation. Bonus and equity are not inferred.

Coverage refreshed 2026-10-18. Refresh dates can differ from when compensation was earned or wages were offered.

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Only public source benchmarks with at least five samples and a disclosed median appear here. Samples can overlap and are never added into an employee total. Source sampling methods apply; published sample counts are not guaranteed to represent unique employees. Missing pay components stay undisclosed. Methodology.

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EMPLOYER / ROLE	TOTAL COMP	BASE SALARY	STOCK / YEAR	CASH BONUS	CONTEXT
SI Salesforce, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$215,941	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort474 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
GL Google LLCSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$200,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort115 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
DI Databricks, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$149,365	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort92 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
UT Uber Technologies, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$201,581	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort68 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
AI AIRBNB, INC.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$196,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort58 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
LC LINKEDIN CORPORATIONSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$170,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort53 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
DI DoorDash, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$187,741	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort46 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
RA Resolve AI, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$213,512	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort43 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
SF Social Finance, LLCSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$210,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort39 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
OO OpenAI OpCo, LLCSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$255,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort31 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
PI Pinterest, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$187,741	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort30 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
CS Cisco Systems, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$187,574	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort30 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
CF Chime Financial, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$215,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort28 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
DI Docusign Inc. Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$213,512	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort27 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
ZI ZipHQ, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$210,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort27 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
SA Scale AI, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$216,100	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort24 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
PC People Center, Inc. d/b/a RipplingSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$238,500	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort23 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
MC Microsoft CorporationSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$188,500	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort23 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
MP Meta Platforms, IncSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$226,683	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort21 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
AP Anthropic, PBCSoftware EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$213,512	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort20 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
LI LYFT, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$170,500	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort20 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
SP Superhuman Platform Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$213,512	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort20 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
CE Crusoe Energy Systems, Inc.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$246,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort19 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
OI Okta, Inc. Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$173,215	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort19 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026
CE Crusoe Energy Systems, LLC.Software EngineerSan Francisco, CA	Not disclosedUSD · Median	$205,000	—	—	Offered base wage · filing cohort16 filingsFY 2026 filings · Oct 18, 2026

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Software Engineersalary in San Francisco, CA.

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Software Engineer · Salesforce, Inc. · San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer · Google LLC · San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer · Databricks, Inc. · San Francisco, CA

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Software Engineer
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