Women in tech in Silicon Valley: groups, events, leaders and companies
Silicon Valley is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, the top-ranked tech talent market in North America and its largest AI talent hub, according to CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report.
Apple, Google, Nvidia, Meta, Intel, Cisco and Adobe are headquartered in the valley, between Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino, Santa Clara and San Jose.
Software developers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area earn a median of $213,110 a year, about 57% above the national median of $135,980, according to BLS data for May 2025. See tech salaries in Silicon Valley.
By Heidi Lee, community manager, OutGeek Women in TechUpdated
Where women work in Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley
Median pay for software developers in Silicon Valley compared with the U.S.
Median pay for software developers
U.S. DOLLARS A YEAR · BLS OEWS, MAY 2025Women in U.S. tech
Women in tech organizations in Silicon Valley
Groups based in Silicon Valley 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. girlgeek.io → PYTHONPyLadies San Francisco
Bay Area group helping women become active participants and leaders in the Python community. meetup.com/pyladies-sf →Notable women in tech in Silicon Valley
Tech leaders who come up often in Silicon Valley tech news.
Lisa Su
Leads AMD, the chipmaker headquartered in Santa Clara.Fei-Fei Li
Stanford professor who leads World Labs, a Bay Area AI company working on spatial intelligence.Notable tech companies in Silicon Valley
Companies with large tech teams in the area.
Big tech
Chips and hardware
Software and networking
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OutGeek Women in Tech in Silicon Valley
We run one recruiting event in Silicon Valley every year, where hiring teams meet women in tech in person.
Each event features short talks from hiring teams, speed networking with recruiters and engineering leads, and open networking with food and drinks.
Upcoming OutGeek events in Silicon Valley
Women in tech in Silicon Valley: common questions
What is the women in tech scene like in Silicon Valley?
Silicon Valley is part of the San Francisco Bay Area, the top-ranked tech talent market in North America and its largest AI talent hub, according to CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report. Women hold 27.5% of computer and mathematical jobs in the U.S.
What percentage of tech workers in Silicon Valley 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 Silicon Valley tech →How much do tech workers earn in Silicon Valley?
Software developers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area earn a median of $213,110 a year, about 57% above the national median of $135,980, according to BLS data for May 2025.
Tech salaries in Silicon Valley →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 Silicon Valley?
Groups in Silicon Valley include Girl Geek X and PyLadies San Francisco.
All Silicon Valley women in tech groups →Are there women in tech events in Silicon Valley?
Yes. OutGeek Women in Tech runs one recruiting event in Silicon Valley every year, where hiring teams meet women in tech in person.
Tech recruiting events by city →What is OutGeek Women in Tech Silicon Valley?
OutGeek Women in Tech runs recruiting events where hiring teams meet women in tech in person. Our Silicon Valley community has more than 8,000 members. Joining is free at outgeek.org.
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