Prompt Engineer Salary in San Francisco
Prompt Engineer roles in San Francisco pay a median of $254k a year, based on 14 live listings that disclose salary. The middle half earns $208k to $350k, and the top 10% more than $395k. 14% of these roles are remote. Highest median pay: Mercor.
- $254k
- median USD
- $208k
- 25th percentile
- $350k
- 75th percentile
- 14
- disclosed roles
Shaded: middle half ($208k to $350k)
By level
From the title and requirements, not from a company level framework.
| Level | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 4 | $208k | $209k | $217k |
Remote vs on-site
| Group | n | P25 | Median | P75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-site / hybrid | 12 | $200k | $224k | $350k |
Top-paying companies
Companies with at least three disclosed salaries here, by median.
Live roles
Research Engineer, Intern – Benchmarking
MercorSan Francisco, California, US
$70/hr
prompt eval engineerInternintern$70/hr · 1d agoSenior Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (NY)
LangChainSan Francisco, CA, US
~$175k–$240k
prompt eval engineerSenior~$175k–$240k · 21d agoMercor AI Research Fund Grants: Benchmarks
MercorRemote (US)
$5M
Remoteprompt eval engineertemporary$5M · 1mo agoSenior Software Engineer, Mapping Data & Eval
WaymoSan Francisco, CA, US
~$213k–$263k
prompt eval engineerSenior~$213k–$263k · 1mo agoResearch Scientist, APEX Benchmarks
MercorSan Francisco, California, US
$200k–$500k
prompt eval engineer$200k–$500k · 2mo agoResearch, Post-Training Evals
Thinking Machines LabSan Francisco, California, US
~$350k–$475k
prompt eval engineer~$350k–$475k · 2mo agoResearch Engineer – Benchmarking
MercorSan Francisco, California, US
$200k–$500k
prompt eval engineer$200k–$500k · 2mo agoMember of Technical Staff, Enterprise Evals Platform
MercorSan Francisco, California, US
$220k–$425k
prompt eval engineerStaff$220k–$425k · 2mo agoFrontend Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform
LangChainSan Francisco, CA, US
~$160k–$195k
prompt eval engineer~$160k–$195k · 2mo agoMember of Product Staff, AI/ML (Evals)
AbridgeRemote (US)
$250k–$290k
Remoteprompt eval engineerStaff$250k–$290k · 4mo ago
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Every live listing here that discloses a number, in any currency. Converted to USD at ECB reference rates as of 2026-10-28. Hourly, weekly, and monthly figures are annualised (2,080 / 52 / 12). Where a salary is a range we use its midpoint. Breakdowns with fewer than three disclosed salaries are left out. All AI and ML salaries