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Salesforce salaries

Salesforce, Inc. is an American enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.

No public job board · H-1B median $210k (1,285 filings)

H-1B wages by title

Software Engineer$223kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.Member of Technical Staff$171kA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.Forward Deployed Engineer$199kAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.Solutions Engineer$185kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Engineering Manager$240kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Data Scientist$215kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Research Scientist$240kDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Security Engineer$179kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.DevOps Engineer$220kAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.Data Engineer$210kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Machine Learning Engineer$245kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Data Analyst$106kAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Applied Scientist$258kResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.Head of AI$300kLeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.Developer Advocate$218kRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.Platform Engineer$234kBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Head of Data$223kLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.Full Stack Engineer$180kWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.Site Reliability Engineer$185kKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.Research Engineer$180kWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.AI Engineer$180kA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.
TitleH-1B
Software EngineerGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.$223k887 filings
Member of Technical StaffA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.$171k241 filings
Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.$199k35 filings
Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.$185k34 filings
Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.$240k27 filings
Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.$215k15 filings
Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.$240k15 filings
Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.$179k7 filings
DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.$220k5 filings
Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.$210k5 filings
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.$245k3 filings
Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.Few2 filings
Applied ScientistResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.Few1 filing
Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.Few1 filing
Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.Few1 filing
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Few1 filing
Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.Few1 filing
Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.Few1 filing
Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.Few1 filing
Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.Few1 filing
AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.Few1 filing

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

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Salesforce, Inc. is an American enterprise software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is best known for customer relationship management software and related applications, which the corporation delivers through a software as a service subscription business model. Source

Salesforce has no public Greenhouse, Ashby or Lever board, so its pay here comes from H-1B filings only.

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q1239$219k
FY2025 Q2322$207k
FY2025 Q3362$198k
FY2025 Q4262$225k
FY2026 Q1215$215k
FY2026 Q2347$207k
FY2026 Q3461$198k

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