Civil Engineer Salary in San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, California, United States

Oct 23, 2026, 13:35 UTC

Median Salary

$177.5Kmedian posted base

$95.2K$300K

Typical range: $146.9K – $222.5K

Hiring Velocity

+ 26%

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560

Open positions in SF

354 postings with employer-disclosed pay

Every number on this page is computed from pay ranges published on live job postings, indexed directly from company career pages. Not self-reported.

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Where this data comes from

Salary figures are extracted from ranges employers publish on live postings. Every data point traces back to its source. Read the methodology

230k+

Career pages indexed

Direct from company sites and 80+ ATS platforms. No aggregators, no recycled feeds.

Expired listings drop out within hours, so ranges reflect the market right now.

1–2 hr

From posting to indexed

How much does a Civil Engineer make in San Francisco?

Statistics are computed on range midpoints of live postings that disclose pay, counting each employer once. Figures are annual, in USD.

Posted salary distribution

Share of employers by posted base salary (each employer counts once) · 354 postings from 179 employers

$95.2K$197.6K$300K

Salary by years of experience

Median posted base, parsed from posting requirements

Posted salary percentiles

Base salary across employers

Percentile	Base Salary
10th	$112,500
25th	$146,941
50th (median)	$177,500
75th	$222,500
90th	$256,000

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Job Count Trend & Projection

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Median posted salary at each recompute, with a projection of the recent trend. The line restarts when the method changes.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The median posted base salary for a Civil Engineer in San Francisco is $177,500, with a typical range of $146,941 to $222,500. These figures are computed from 354 live job postings from 179 employers that disclose pay, counting each employer once.

Postings asking for 0 to 1 years of experience disclose a median base salary of $118,349, across 30 employers in San Francisco.

Postings asking for 5 to 7 years of experience disclose a median base salary of $194,750 in San Francisco, across 96 employers. Postings asking for 8 or more years disclose a median of $217,375.

Among companies currently hiring, FluidStack publishes the highest ranges at $200,000 to $250,000 base, followed by City and County of San Francisco at $154,726 to $188,110. These figures come from live postings, so they change as companies open and close roles.

Sources are scanned 12 to 24 times per day. Statistics on this page are recomputed every 3 days from live postings, and expired listings are removed within hours.

Yes. The statistics on this page are served by the Hirebase Insights API, and the underlying postings are available through the Jobs Data API and bulk Export API.

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Civil Engineer Salary in San Francisco, CA