Salaries / Hardware Engineer Salary in San Francisco
Hardware Engineer Salary in San Francisco
The median Hardware Engineer salary in San Francisco is $195K/yr based on 247 disclosed-pay job postings from 46 employers on RoleSuite, with most roles paying between $161K/yr and $223K/yr.
$195K/yrmedian
$161K/yr – $223K/yrtypical range (25th–75th)
247disclosed-pay postings
Pay distribution
Highest-paying employers
- OpenAI$288K/yr6 disclosed
- Applied Intuition$230K/yr3 disclosed
- Waymo$219K/yr3 disclosed
- Apple$210K/yr94 disclosed
- Zoox$207K/yr3 disclosed
- Agility Robotics$196K/yr3 disclosed
- Google$195K/yr42 disclosed
- Lightmatter$195K/yr4 disclosed
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Figures are computed from the midpoint of each posting's disclosed pay range across currently-open Hardware Engineer roles in San Francisco on RoleSuite, as of 2026-06. Sourced directly from employer career pages; implausible outliers are excluded. Estimates, not guarantees.