San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · SOC 53-7021

Crane and Tower Operators in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.

Median Salary

$98,410

per year in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro

+45% above

National Median

$68,080

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$47.31/hr

median hourly

Employment

240

jobs in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont pay distribution spans from $50,550 at the 10th percentile to $154,510 at the 90th, a 3.1× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $72,900 and the 75th at $138,370, so half of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont-based crane and tower operators earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide CA estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.

Salary Range in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$50,550

25th$72,900

Median$98,410

75th$138,370

90th$154,510

Top Paying Jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

1. Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $429,080 2. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $374,680 3. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary $357,220 4. General Internal Medicine Physicians $351,670 5. Emergency Medicine Physicians $338,990 6. Family Medicine Physicians $304,560 7. Physicians, All Other $294,360 8. Chief Executives $288,690 9. Dentists, All Other Specialists Small sample $279,820 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers $232,890

Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.