San Francisco County · California
San Francisco, CA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in San Francisco, CA earn a median of $82,931 a year, 86% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 5.6% against 5.2% nationally, and professional, scientific & management is the largest employer at 26.7% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $82,931#1 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 70.1%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 484,966Civilian employed, age 16+
What San Francisco does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Professional, scientific & management26.7%
- Education, health care & social assistance19.6%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.6%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food8.4%
- Retail trade8.1%
- Information6.3%
- Manufacturing5.1%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.7%
- Other services, except public administration3.9%
- Public administration3.6%
- Construction3.2%
- Wholesale trade1.5%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for San Francisco
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.