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Business Development salary in San Francisco

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 18, 2026

Business Development pay in San Francisco is measured from 60 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is lead, where 26 postings put the middle half between $170,000 and $244,375, with a median of $200,000.

Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $142,500 and lead $200,000. Moving from mid-level to lead is worth roughly 40% more.

Against the 11 other measured markets for business development at lead, this sits below 4 of them; San Jose leads at $273,750.

2 of these ranges rest on fewer than 10 postings, so read them as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.

78 business development roles are open in San Francisco right now, 53 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Entry $66,725 – $115,000 $81,350 7hint
Mid $133,963 – $172,075 $142,500 18
Senior $165,000 – $191,450 $184,000 9hint
Lead $170,000 – $244,375 $200,000 26

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.

Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.

Open business development roles in San Francisco · 53 with stated pay

Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.

this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $130,000–$262,000scale $70,000–$370,000

Business Development Director - Private Equity (San Francisco) Rsm · San Francisco New $136,800–$242,000 2d ago Senior Business Development Manager Hczw · San Francisco $120,000–$140,000 4d ago Senior Director, Business Development Scopely · Culver City $193,000–$284,000 4d ago Technical Business Development Manager, Startup & VC Ecosystem Databricks · San Francisco $118,900–$163,450 5d ago Director, Business Development, U.S. Fintech Partnerships Visa · San Francisco $179,000–$287,000 5d ago Director, Business Development Cardless · San Francisco $175,000–$220,000 6d ago Director, Business Development & Partnerships (Remote) Jerry.ai · Remote · US $180,000–$220,000 6d ago Director, Business Development (San Francisco) Metropolis · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 9d ago Business Development, Technology Partnerships Gigs · San Francisco $180,000–$260,000 10d ago Senior Manager, U.S. Merchant Business Development Visa · San Francisco $130,900–$247,000 10d ago Senior Manager, U.S. Merchant Business Development Visa · San Francisco $130,900–$247,000 11d ago Director, U.S. Merchant Business Development Visa · San Francisco $152,200–$287,000 11d ago Business Development Specialist HungryPanda · San Francisco $45,600–$65,000 12d ago Business Development Director - AI Natives Nscale · New York $170,000–$280,000 12d ago Director, Business Development Premier Research · Remote · US $145,000 13d ago Director of Business Development, Corporate Wsgr · Palo Alto $208,250–$281,750 13d ago Strategic Business Development Lead Anthropic · San Francisco $300,000–$365,000 2w ago Job Corps Business Development & Regional Operations Director Equus · Remote · US $115,000–$140,000 2w ago Manager, Business Development and Partnerships Jerry.ai · Remote · US $140,000–$180,000 2w ago Senior Director, Emerging BioPharma, Business Development (West/Mid-West) IQVIA · San Francisco $129,800–$361,800 2w ago Vice President, Business Development Sonos · Santa Barbara $267,000–$334,000 2w ago Sr Manager, Business Development & Tech Dolby Laboratories · San Francisco $190,000–$261,000 3w ago Business Development Associate Mmc · San Francisco $46,800–$87,400 3w ago Business Development Lead HUD · San Francisco $100,000–$230,000 3w ago Director, Business Development (Future Mobility) Metropolis · San Francisco $160,000–$180,000 3w ago Director of Business Development - NTT Paloaltonetworks · Atlanta $218,800–$300,300 4w ago Director, Business Development - Forensics Control Risks · Washington $140,000–$155,000 4w ago Business Development Sieve · San Francisco $175,000–$275,000 6w ago Director, Business Development - Discovery + Data Insights Control Risks · New York $140,000–$155,000 6w ago Founding Business Development Lead, Private Equity Broccoli AI · San Francisco $220,000–$270,000 7w ago Business Development Director (Private Equity) BDO USA Experienced Career Site · San Francisco $180,000–$200,000 7w ago Director, Sales and Business Development, Autonomous Platforms and New Mobility swiftnav · San Francisco $156,000–$200,000 7w ago Senior Business Development Consultant swiftnav · San Francisco $150,000–$210,000 7w ago Director of Business Development Andrews Cooper Technology · San Francisco $150,000–$262,000 8w ago Business Development Executive Mmc · San Francisco $79,000–$158,500 8w ago Senior Manager, Business Development Enterprise Kikoff · San Francisco $170,000–$198,000 2mo ago Business Development Lead, Compute Strategy OpenAI · US - Remote $333,000–$370,000 2mo ago Senior Manager, Business Development Twitch · San Francisco $162,700–$220,200 2mo ago Business Development Associate Samba · San Francisco $200,000–$230,000 2mo ago Business Development Manager- Physical AI CoreWeave · New York $127,000–$168,000 2mo ago Business Development Manager, Enterprise Perplexity · San Francisco $180,000–$240,000 2mo ago Corporate Business Development Manager, Product Harvey · New York $200,000–$260,000 3mo ago Business Development Manager, Product & Platform Notion · New York $185,000–$210,000 3mo ago FinTech / Payments Business Development Associate Financial Technology Partners · San Francisco $130,000–$150,000 3mo ago Director Business Development, Medical Affairs rednucleus · San Francisco $110,000–$160,000 4mo ago Business Development Director (Asset Management) BDO USA Experienced Career Site · San Francisco $150,000–$180,000 4mo ago Sr. Director, Business Development Rakuten (Rakutenrewards) · San Francisco $157,464–$293,760 4mo ago Director, Business Development, Financial Services Marketplace Kikoff · San Francisco $225,000–$265,000 5mo ago Manager, Business Development, Financial Services Marketplace Kikoff · San Francisco $133,000–$172,000 5mo ago Business Development Manager Structural (PULLMANCAREERS) · San Francisco $130,000–$160,000 7mo ago Manager, Business Development Enterprise Kikoff · San Francisco $133,000–$165,000 7mo ago FinTech / Blockchain / Crypto Business Development Specialist Financial Technology Partners · San Francisco $130,000–$150,000 9mo ago Business Development Rep (Bay Area) Five9 · San Francisco $38,100–$73,900 5y ago Business Development Associate (Early Career) Salesforce · San Francisco New In listing 2d ago SMB Business Development Rep Associate - AfterPay Block · San Francisco $66,725–$115,000e 4d ago Strategic and Enterprise Business Development Manager EBANX · San Francisco $133,963–$172,075e 4d ago Technical Business Development Manager Structural · San Francisco $133,963–$172,075e 6d ago Director, Business Development - New Issuers Earlywarning · New York In listing 12d ago Business Development Specialist HungryPanda · San Francisco $133,963–$172,075e 2w ago Business Development Associate Astranis · San Francisco $66,725–$115,000e 3w ago

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