San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Salaries
Local wages against a high BEA price level (RPP 115.6) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA moved from $73,960 in May 2024 to $74,260 in May 2025 (+0.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA sits -2.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary publishes $357,220 here versus $107,310 nationally (+232.9%; 4,340metro-area jobs). Next is Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators at $124,750 locally versus $59,850 nationally (+108.4%).
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$357,220 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA sits 232.9% above the national Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary median of $107,310 (4,340 published local jobs).
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$124,750 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA sits 108.4% above the national Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators median of $59,850 (4,080 published local jobs).
- Firefighters$113,700 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA sits 91.8% above the national Firefighters median of $59,280 (3,450 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$186,610 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA sits 91.3% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (41,750 published local jobs).
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 41860 · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $100K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-HOT · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · NEAR-LOWER · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #2/528
- RPP-HOT 115.6
- OCC-MOST 687 occs
- TOP-LEAD Ophthalmologis… · $429K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-BEHIND -2.7 pp
- NEAR-LOWER Seattle-Tacoma-B…
- BOOK-FULL 663 rows · May 2025
Read with Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($8,375 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around San Francisco-Oakland-Fremo…
Largest San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA payrolls before the high-cost adjustment
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 23,830 jobs · $232,890
- 2. Managers, All Other 21,550 jobs · $210,080
- 3. Lawyers 18,470 jobs · $212,500
- 4. Financial Managers 17,040 jobs · $216,150
- 5. Marketing Managers 11,170 jobs · $220,480
- 6. Natural Sciences Managers 5,530 jobs · $225,230
- 7. Chief Executives 5,190 jobs · $288,690
- 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers 5,000 jobs · $221,580
- 9. Human Resources Managers 4,960 jobs · $209,340
- 10. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 4,340 jobs · $357,220
- 11. Physicians, All Other 3,530 jobs · $294,360
- 12. Nurse Practitioners 3,110 jobs · $219,080
- 13. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2,900 jobs · $374,680
- 14. Family Medicine Physicians 2,170 jobs · $304,560
- 15. Veterinarians 1,350 jobs · $208,080
- 16. Pediatricians, General 810 jobs · $207,450
- 17. Materials Scientists 380 jobs · $231,710
- 18. Emergency Medicine Physicians 370 jobs · $338,990
Occupations Tracked
687
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$99,708
employment-weighted, 663 complete rows
Top Salary
$429,080
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric
Cost of Living
115.6
16% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $279,820 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $232,890 |
| 11 | Materials Scientists | $231,710 |
| 12 | Psychiatrists | $230,560 |
| 13 | Natural Sciences Managers | $225,230 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $221,580 |
| 15 | Marketing Managers | $220,480 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $219,080 |
| 17 | Financial Managers | $216,150 |
| 18 | Nurse Midwives | $212,630 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $212,500 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $210,080 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $209,340 |
| 22 | Veterinarians | $208,080 |
| 23 | Pediatricians, General | $207,450 |
| 24 | Radiation Therapists | $205,670 |
| 25 | Podiatrists | $204,350 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $35,950 |
| Forest and Conservation Workers | $36,080 |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | $36,360 |
| Gambling Dealers | $37,240 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $38,860 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $39,120 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $39,310 |
| Gambling Cage Workers | $39,390 |
| Bartenders | $39,670 |
| Food Processing Workers, All Other | $39,770 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in CA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside CA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($99,708 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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