Location Salary Data

Salaries in San Francsico, CA

Government-verified salary data from 98 DOL employer filings in this area.

Median DOL Salary
$134,250
98 filings
Median DOL Salary
$134,250
Total DOL Filings
98
Companies Hiring
76
Cost of Living Index
138.5
National avg = 100

Location vs National

San Francsico, CA$134,250
National Average$60,917
The weighted median salary in San Francsico, CA is 120.4% above the national average across all occupations.

Top Employers in San Francsico

EmployerIndustryLocal FilingsMedian SalaryType
Airbnb, Inc.12$175,000Other
ContextLogic LLC8$140,000Other
Optimizely, Inc.5$136,287Other
Salesforce.com, Inc.4$130,000Other
Uber Group, PLLC4$140,000Other
LYFT, Inc.3$170,000Other
Mode Analytics Inc.2$165,000Other
Sisu Data, Inc.2$145,000Other
JPMorgan Chase & Co2$125,000Other
Dropbox, Inc.2$147,100Other
StubHub,inc.2$138,362Other
Pinterest, Inc.2$144,339Other
Twitter Inc.2$150,000Other
Zynga Inc.2$115,000Other
Expedia, Inc.1$114,000Other
ANJANEYAP INC.1$69,805Other
Synopsys, Inc.1$115,043Other
Thumbtack, Inc1$142,168Other
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC1$136,400Other
Program Planning Professionals Inc1$82,805Other
MAPLEBEAR DBA INSTACART1$170,000Other
Glassdoor Inc1$138,875Other
Aware Health Labs, Inc1$100,000Other
CBS Interactive Inc.1$120,000Other
FINVOICE, INC1$97,927Other

Highest-Paying Occupations in San Francsico

Job TitleMedian Salaryvs NationalFilings
Statisticians$162,500+27.4%6

BLS Wage Survey Data - California

Independent Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey - all workers, not just sponsored positions.
BLS metro-level data is not available for this area. Showing state-level data for California.
OccupationBLS Median WageEmployment
Chief Executives$220,60036,980
Computer and Information Systems Managers$211,340100,020
Natural Sciences Managers$204,10014,120
Architectural and Engineering Managers$201,81030,690
Physicians, All Other$201,51020,750
Lawyers$197,79092,580
Nurse Midwives$196,700880
Podiatrists$193,510930
Physicists$180,9006,220
Computer Hardware Engineers$179,88024,200

Salary Trend in San Francsico, CA

Median DOL-filed salary by fiscal year

Cost of Living Comparison

San Francsico, CA has a cost of living index of 138.5, which is 38.5% more expensive than the national average. A salary of $100,000 here has the purchasing power equivalent of $72,202 in an average-cost city.

Top-Paying Occupations - COL-Adjusted

Job TitleMedian SalaryCOL-Adjusted Equivalent
Statisticians$162,500$117,329

Compare to Other Cities

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Popular Salary Pages in San Francsico, CA

Statisticians
Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.