Salary Explorer · QA Engineer Salary in San Francisco
Computed from 83 live job postings where the employer disclosed pay — not self-reported surveys. Refreshed daily.
Median
$171,050
Typical range (25th–75th percentile)
$146k–$200k
Postings with disclosed pay
83
Where the typical range sits
Median of disclosed midpoints; companies with at least 3 disclosed salaries. Bars share the same scale as the range chart above.
The median disclosed base salary for QA Engineer roles in San Francisco is $171,050, computed from 83 live job postings where the employer published the pay range (as of 2026-08-28).
The middle half of disclosed postings falls between $146,250 and $200,000 (25th to 75th percentile). Posted ranges often span multiple seniority levels, so the top of a band usually maps to the highest level the company would hire for.
Among companies with at least 3 disclosed postings currently live, the top payers are OpenAI (median $286k), Astera Labs (median $213k), Ridealso (median $210k). This reflects current openings, not historical offers.
From base-salary ranges employers disclose directly on live job postings tracked by ForgeApply, refreshed daily — not self-reported surveys. We take the midpoint of each disclosed range and report the median and 25th–75th percentile band. Postings without disclosed pay are excluded, which can skew toward companies in pay-transparency states.
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Try ForgeApply freeFigures are computed from base-salary ranges that employers disclose directly on live job postings tracked by ForgeApply (as of 2026-08-28). For each posting we take the midpoint of the disclosed range, then report the median and the 25th–75th percentile band across all matching postings. Postings without disclosed pay are excluded, which can skew results toward companies and states with pay transparency requirements. This is marketplace data about current openings, not an estimate of total compensation or of any individual offer.