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R Developer Salary in San Diego 2026

How much does a R developer expect to make at San Diego-based startups? The average expected salary for R developers in San Diego-based startups is 146k per year, with a range from 90k to 263k. These amounts were gathered from Wellfound self-reported data and represent the median salary range. The salary range for R developers in San Diego startups varies depending on factors such as industry, experience, and startup stage.

145.9k

Average Salary

5 years

Average years of experience

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The average salary for a R developer in San Diego is$145,900, which is 27.9% higher than the average San Diego startup salary of $114,042. R developer salaries in San Diego are based on exclusive Wellfound data. All data is updated on a weekly basis. Factors that may influence salary include: years of experience, title, size of company, skill-set, and industry.

Top of market

$223,200/yr

Range $208k - $263k

Average

$145,900/yr

Range $124k - $180k

Below Average

$115,100/yr

Range $90k - $142k


Industries

The highest average salary a R developer in San Diego can get in Hardware + Software, that is $208,000. This pay is 34.8% higher than the average R developer salary, which is $154,333. The highest-paying industries in 2023 are: Hardware + Software (avg $208,000 per year), Healthcare (avg $198,500 per year), Semiconductors (avg $189,500 per year).

Tech Stack

The top-paying developer skills of 2026 are:
  • 1. SwiftUI

    $236.5k

  • 2. Xcode

    $236.5k

  • 3. Scipy

    $215k

  • 4. OpenCV

    $215k

  • 5. openAI

    $212.5k

  • 6. Objective-C

    $200k

  • 7. Ruby on Rails

    $197.5k

  • 8. Ruby

    $197.5k

  • 9. Numpy

    $195k

  • 10. MongoDB

    $177.5k


Years of experience

Below Average

Average

Top of Market

The highest average salary R developer in San Diego can get with 10+ years of experience, that is $145,000. This pay is 27.1% higher than the average salary in San Diego startups, which is $114,042. The salary range varies with years of experience and depends on other factors such as skill set, size of company, and industry.