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The estimated total pay for a Staff Software Engineer is $170,415 per year in the San Francisco, CA Area area, with an average salary of $147,575 per year. These numbers represent the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users. The estimated additional pay is $22,839 per year. Additional pay could include cash bonus, commission, tips, and profit sharing. The "Most Likely Range" represents values that exist within the 25th and 75th percentile of all pay data available for this role.
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Staff Software Engineer | $170,415 /yr |
Principal Software Engineer | $180,674 /yr |
Senior Principal Software Engineer | $186,077 /yr |
Some related job titles are Engineering Manager Salaries with median pay of $171,171, Software Developer Salaries with median pay of $120,884, Software Development Engineer Salaries with median pay of $128,937, Lead Software Engineer Salaries with median pay of $168,198.
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The average salary for a Staff Software Engineer is $172,541 per year in San Francisco, CA Area. Salaries estimates are based on 1487 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by a Staff Software Engineer employees in San Francisco, CA Area.
The highest salary for a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA Area is $225,863 per year.
The lowest salary for a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA Area is $131,808 per year.
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