Women in tech in San Francisco: groups, events, leaders and companies
The San Francisco Bay Area is the top-ranked tech talent market in North America, according to CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report. The region had 375,730 tech workers in 2025, and tech makes up 10.7% of all jobs.
The Bay Area is North America’s largest AI talent hub, with nearly 99,000 AI-skilled workers. AI roles made up 57% of tech job postings in the region in June 2026, up from 20% in 2022. OpenAI, Anthropic, Salesforce and Stripe are headquartered in San Francisco.
Software developers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont area earn a median of $186,640 a year, second among U.S. metros after San Jose and about 37% above the national median of $135,980, according to BLS data for May 2025. See tech salaries in San Francisco.
By Heidi Lee, community manager, OutGeek Women in TechUpdated
Where women work in San Francisco tech
Women hold 27.5% of computer and mathematical jobs in the U.S., and the share is not the same in every role.
Tech salaries in San Francisco
San Francisco pays software developers more than any U.S. metro except San Jose.
Median pay for software developers
U.S. DOLLARS A YEAR · BLS OEWS, MAY 2025Women in U.S. tech
Women in tech organizations in San Francisco
Groups based in San Francisco or running events in the city, for meeting peers, learning and growing a career.
Girl Geek X
Runs Girl Geek Dinners hosted by Bay Area tech companies, plus the virtual ELEVATE conference, for more than 18 years. girlgeek.io → MEETUPSWomen Tech Meetup
Community of 10,000 female founders and women in tech, with a monthly event in San Francisco. womentechmeetup.beehiiv.com → PYTHONPyLadies San Francisco
Helps women become active participants and leaders in the Python community, with monthly events. meetup.com/pyladies-sf → MEETUPSSan Francisco Women in Tech
Meetup group with more than 3,200 members and monthly panels and demos on AI, robotics and new tech. meetup.com →Notable women in tech in San Francisco
Founders and tech leaders who come up again and again in San Francisco and Bay Area tech news.
Daniela Amodei
Co-founded Anthropic, the San Francisco AI safety and research company behind Claude, in 2021.Mira Murati
Former OpenAI CTO who founded Thinking Machines Lab in San Francisco in 2025, raising a record $2 billion seed round.Fei-Fei Li
Leads World Labs, a Bay Area AI company working on spatial intelligence.Kanjun Qiu
Leads Imbue, a San Francisco AI company building agentic systems.Angie Chang
Founded Girl Geek X, which has hosted more than 250 events for women in tech in the Bay Area and online.Sukrutha Bhadouria
Co-founded Girl Geek X and co-hosts its ELEVATE conferences for mid- and senior-level women in tech.Notable tech companies in San Francisco
From AI labs to software platforms, fintech and health tech.
AI
Software and platforms
Salesforce
Headquartered in San Francisco.Okta
Identity and security software headquartered in San Francisco.Figma
Design software headquartered in San Francisco.Uber
Headquartered in San Francisco.Airbnb
Headquartered in San Francisco.DoorDash
Headquartered in San Francisco.Fintech
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OutGeek Women in Tech in San Francisco
We run two to three recruiting events in San Francisco every year, plus private recruiting events for companies, where hiring teams meet women in tech in person. Companies at our past San Francisco events include Okta, Google and Notable.
Each event features short talks from hiring teams, speed networking with recruiters and engineering leads, and open networking with food and drinks.
Marina Petrenko
EVENT DIRECTORUpcoming OutGeek events in San Francisco
Women in tech in San Francisco: common questions
What is the women in tech scene like in San Francisco?
The San Francisco Bay Area is North America’s top-ranked tech talent market, with 375,730 tech workers in 2025 and the largest AI talent pool on the continent. Women hold 27.5% of computer and mathematical jobs in the U.S. San Francisco has groups for dinners and talks, meetups and Python.
What percentage of tech workers in San Francisco are women?
Across the U.S., women hold 27.5% of computer and mathematical jobs, according to BLS data for 2025. The share is higher in UX/UI design and product management, and lower in core infrastructure, DevOps and senior engineering.
Where women work in San Francisco tech →How much do tech workers earn in San Francisco?
Software developers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont area earn a median of $186,640 a year, according to BLS data for May 2025, second only to San Jose ($213,110) and about 37% above the U.S. median of $135,980.
Tech salaries in San Francisco →Is there a gender pay gap in U.S. tech?
Yes. Women working full time in U.S. computer and mathematical jobs earned a median of $1,828 a week in 2025, 85.5% of the $2,138 men earned, according to BLS.
Women in U.S. tech →What women in tech groups are there in San Francisco?
Groups in San Francisco include Girl Geek X, Women Tech Meetup, PyLadies San Francisco and San Francisco Women in Tech.
All San Francisco women in tech groups →Are there women in tech events in San Francisco?
Yes. OutGeek Women in Tech runs two to three recruiting events in San Francisco every year, plus private recruiting events for companies. Girl Geek X holds Girl Geek Dinners at Bay Area tech companies, and Women Tech Meetup runs a monthly event in the city.
Tech recruiting events by city →What is OutGeek Women in Tech San Francisco?
OutGeek Women in Tech runs recruiting events where hiring teams meet women in tech in person. Our San Francisco community has more than 8,000 members, and we run two to three recruiting events in San Francisco every year, plus private recruiting events for companies. Joining is free at outgeek.org.
About OutGeek Women in Tech in San Francisco →Which tech companies are notable in San Francisco?
San Francisco tech employers include AI companies OpenAI, Anthropic and Databricks, software platforms Salesforce, Okta, Figma, Uber and Airbnb, fintech companies Stripe and Block, and health tech companies like Notable.
Company ratings and open roles →Who are notable women in tech in San Francisco?
Women who appear often in San Francisco tech news include Daniela Amodei (Anthropic), Mira Murati (Thinking Machines Lab), Fei-Fei Li (World Labs), Kanjun Qiu (Imbue), and Angie Chang and Sukrutha Bhadouria (Girl Geek X).
Notable women in tech in San Francisco →