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Average Salesforce software engineer salary

$120,392yearly

$48.2 hourly rate

Entry-level Salesforce software engineer salary
$89,000 yearly
Updated April 5, 2024

How much does Salesforce pay software engineers?

The average salary for Salesforce software engineers is $120,392 per year. Salesforce software engineer salaries range between $89,000 to $162,000 per year. Salesforce software engineers earn 20% more than the national average salary for software engineers of $100,260.

Location impacts how much a software engineer at Salesforce can expect to make. Software engineers at Salesforce make the most in San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and Carson City, NV.

How much does Salesforce pay software engineers by location?

Salesforce pays software engineers the most in San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, and Carson City, NV. Additionally, cities like Hillsboro and New York also report highly competitive salaries for software engineers at Salesforce.

Software engineer Salesforce salary by location

RankCityAvg. salaryHourly rate
1San Francisco, CA$148,216$71.26
2Seattle, WA$139,788$67.21
3Carson City, NV$119,427$57.42
4Hillsboro, OR$115,893$55.72
5New York, NY$111,834$53.77
6Phoenix, AZ$111,627$53.67
7Salt Lake City, UT$110,188$52.98
8Dallas, TX$107,129$51.50
9Boise, ID$105,779$50.86
10Denver, CO$105,771$50.85

Highest-paid Salesforce software engineers by job level

RankJob titleAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Software Director$165,681$80-
2Vice President Of Software Engineering$164,703$791
3Chief Software Architect$164,602$79-
4Senior Software Engineer Manager$162,203$7811
5Software Engineering Manager$153,482$741
6Principal Software Engineer$148,174$7111
7Software Development Manager$147,713$71-
8Senior Software Architect$144,925$70-
9Vice President, Software Development$144,449$69-
10Staff Software Engineer$143,861$6915

Recent salaries for software engineers at salesforce

JobLocationDate addedSalary
Software Engineering SmtsSan Francisco, CA06/25/2025$206,315
Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Multiple Levels)-SlackSeattle, WA06/25/2025$200,800
Software Engineering SmtsSan Francisco, CA05/12/2025$157,600
Software Engineering MTSSeattle, WA05/12/2025$137,259
Software Engineering SmtsSan Francisco, CA04/27/2025$167,300

Software engineer salary at Salesforce competitors

RankCompanyAverage salaryHourly rateJob openings
1Meta$153,335$743655
2Sumo Logic$131,526$633
3DocuSign$129,932$629
4Microsoft$128,196$62883
5Cisco$125,255$60409
6Adobe$120,668$58148
7Workday$119,473$5714
8Zoho$116,804$561
9NetSuite$116,055$56-
10NetApp$112,871$5447
11Tableau$108,868$52-
12Scan One A Corvel Co$108,828$52-
13Dell$107,462$5211
14SugarCRM$104,488$50-
15Informatica$101,728$49-
16Intuit$100,594$48116
17MuleSoft$98,117$47-
18Oracle$89,558$4316260
19IBM$87,648$42424
20Computer Science Corporation$81,214$39-

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