Senior Support Engineer Salary in San Francisco, CA

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As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Senior Support Engineer in San Francisco, CA is $133,948. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $105,970 to a high of $169,707, with most professionals earning between $119,303 and $152,666.

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Support pre- and post-sales activities, providing technical input to the sales process.

May 21, 2023

Develop and maintain a program of proactive system administration, including but not limited to a system of updates, patches and fixes, system enhancements, log monitoring, and system hardening.

August 27, 2022

Provide SE expertise through multiple mechanisms for technology transitions into the PAC Architecture such as those from Research and Operations, as well as supporting transitioning and decommissioning efforts internal to PAC.

February 20, 2023

Management, coordination and implementation of projects which will support ESD Engineering Labs.

March 02, 2023

Participate in on-call rotation and be on standby after-hours and weekends to support and resolve business critical customer issues.

March 16, 2023

Assisting customers with optimizing data access performance, such as reviewing SQL queries and/or analyzing data transfer and suggesting improvements.

March 20, 2023

Demonstrated ability to deliver results for the business in partnership with program managers and other functional disciplines/organizations.

April 29, 2023

Documents and communicates issues and resolutions using a variety of formats.

May 17, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Senior Support Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Average Base Salary

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119303

152666

133948

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

122947

159421

138568

What is the average salary for Senior Support Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Senior Support Engineer in San Francisco, CA. The base salary for Senior Support Engineer ranges from $119,303 to $152,666 with the average base salary of $133,948. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $122,947 to $159,421 with the average total cash compensation of $138,568.

View Average Salary for Senior Support Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$133,948	$119,303 - $152,666
Bonus	$4,620	$3,643 - $6,756
Total Pay	$138,568	$122,947 - $159,421

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Senior Support Engineer Salary Near San Francisco, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $119,303 - $152,666	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Berkeley, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $116,657 - $149,280	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $116,657 - $149,280	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Vallejo, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,467 - $137,520	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $116,466 - $149,035	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Concord, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $107,238 - $137,227	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA

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About San Francisco, California

San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several picturesque islands—Alcatraz, Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, and small portions of Alameda Island, Red Rock Island, and Angel Island—are part of the city. Also included are the uninhabited Farallon Islands, 27 miles (43 km) offshore in the Pacific Ocean. The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a "seven-by-seven-mile square", a common local collo...

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