Salaries in Silicon Valley, CA
The median posted salary for jobs in Silicon Valley, CA is $219,000 a year, based on 2,611 open job postings that list pay. The middle half runs from $179,000 to $263,000, and the top 10% start at $310,000.
Pay range
| Percentile | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 10th (lowest tenth) | $148,000 |
| 25th | $179,000 |
| Median | $219,000 |
| 75th | $263,000 |
| 90th (top tenth) | $310,000 |
Employers who post a range ask, on average, for $188K at the low end and $258K at the high end.
By experience and work setting
| Median | Postings | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $150K | 14 |
| Mid level | $185K | 919 |
| Senior and above | $232K | 1,678 |
| Remote | $185K | 139 |
| On-site or hybrid | $220K | 2,472 |
Levels come from job titles: "Senior", "Staff", "Lead", "Principal" and up count as senior; "Intern", "Junior" and "Entry level" as entry level.
Median pay by job in Silicon Valley, CA
| Job | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Director & VP | $280K | 153 |
| Engineering Manager | $280K | 101 |
| Machine Learning & AI Engineer | $277K | 157 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | $259K | 11 |
| Data Engineer | $254K | 17 |
| Research Scientist | $244K | 38 |
| Product Manager | $238K | 141 |
| Cybersecurity | $236K | 68 |
| Data Scientist | $236K | 43 |
| Software Engineer | $231K | 698 |
| DevOps & SRE | $230K | 82 |
| Legal & Compliance | $221K | 71 |
| Technician | $46.50/hr | 21 |
| Program & Project Manager | $212K | 117 |
| Supply Chain & Logistics | $201K | 45 |
| Solutions Engineer & Architect | $199K | 20 |
| Partnerships | $198K | 23 |
| Hardware & Electrical Engineer | $194K | 53 |
| QA & Test Engineer | $193K | 28 |
| Account Executive | $193K | 14 |
| Manufacturing | $191K | 57 |
| Human Resources | $185K | 38 |
| Mechanical Engineer | $185K | 28 |
| Product & UX Designer | $184K | 36 |
| Marketing | $183K | 98 |
| Sales | $181K | 44 |
| Customer Service & Support | $180K | 11 |
| Operations | $178K | 123 |
| Finance & Accounting | $177K | 81 |
| Data Analyst | $176K | 9 |
| IT & Technical Support | $171K | 20 |
| Customer Success Manager | $171K | 8 |
| Recruiter | $160K | 28 |
| Business Analyst | $158K | 16 |
| Entry-Level & New Grad | $150K | 15 |
| Retail | $21.00/hr | 19 |
Highest-paying employers
| Company | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Talkiatry | $350K | 2 |
| Perplexity | $313K | 16 |
| SpaceXSI | $300K | 66 |
| Lambda | $288K | 55 |
| Nubank | $288K | 4 |
| Wayve | $286K | 73 |
| Roku | $284K | 20 |
| Handshake | $275K | 3 |
| $271K | 25 | |
| Roblox | $269K | 232 |
Employers with at least two open jobs postings that list pay.
Highest-paying open jobs
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How these numbers are calculated
Every figure comes from open job postings on MANY Hired that state pay in US dollars, imported from employers' own career pages and refreshed daily. For each posting we take the midpoint of its pay range, then report percentiles across postings. Postings without pay are left out; many US states (including California, Colorado, New York and Washington) require employers to list a range. These are advertised pay ranges, not reported earnings, and usually exclude bonus and equity. Updated October 29, 2026.