Lead Application Engineer Salary in San Francisco, California

How much does a Lead Application Engineer make in San Francisco, CA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Lead Application Engineer in San Francisco, CA is $199,102. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $163,435 to a high of $238,184, with most professionals earning between $180,433 and $219,559.

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Common responsibilities of a Lead Application Engineer

Assist the field sales team with equipment proposals, providing system design recommendations, equipment selection, pricing, and other technical input, as required

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May 04, 2023

Demonstrated experience identifying and implementing software tool environments to meet team growth, maintain rigor, and enhance software development process to increases efficiency.

September 12, 2022

Lead day-to-day management of the software team including stand-ups and project prioritization.

October 26, 2022

Actively participating in the development of design documentation, departmental technical guidelines, checklists, software engineering best practices and How-to guides for developers.

December 10, 2022

Develop strategies for the continued planning, scheduling, and coordination of system tests for reliability, scalability, and maintainability and monitor test results to take or assign required corrective action.

February 16, 2023

Collaborate with product managers, UI/UX designers/researchers to define the product vision, review specs, make architecture decisions, create user-friendly designs and build new features for end-to-end product development.

March 05, 2023

Provide technical solutions for complex problems for analyzing, designing, coding, debugging and documenting software, including interface components, graphical screens, reports, and high level logic for application system(s).

March 24, 2023

Participate in internal corporate initiatives to further enhance the Digital Twin solutions, products, consulting and training offerings, presales/sales enablement and professional growth.

March 30, 2023

Implement new features by writing well designed, testable and efficient code with superb quality to improve platform quality and stability.

April 15, 2023

Design basic and detailed program specifications while ensuring that expected application performance levels are achieved by managing interfaces, service levels, standards, and configurations.

May 05, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lead Application Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

180433

219559

199102

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

192307

246650

217568

What is the average salary for Lead Application Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead Application Engineer in San Francisco, CA. The base salary for Lead Application Engineer ranges from $180,433 to $219,559 with the average base salary of $199,102. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $192,307 to $246,650 with the average total cash compensation of $217,568.

View Average Salary for Lead Application Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$199,102	$180,433 - $219,559
Bonus	$18,466	$11,875 - $27,091
Total Pay	$217,568	$192,307 - $246,650

* 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.

Lead Application Engineer Salary Near San Francisco, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $180,433 - $219,559	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Berkeley, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $176,102 - $214,290	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $176,102 - $214,290	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Vallejo, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $162,389 - $197,603	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $175,813 - $213,938	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Concord, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $163,814 - $199,337	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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