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Thursday, May 01, 2025
Workers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $48.15 in May 2024, compared to the nationwide average of $32.66, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that higher paying major occupational groups included legal ($99.50), management ($93.40), and computer and mathematical ($78.40). Lower paying occupations included healthcare support ($21.70), food preparation and serving related ($22.30), and personal care and service ($24.29). (See table A.)
Occupational groups with the highest employment in the San Francisco area included office and administrative support (9.7 percent), management (9.7 percent), and business and financial operations (9.0 percent). Major occupational groups on the lower end of local employment included legal (1.1 percent); life, physical, and social science (1.8 percent); and community and social service (1.9 percent).
Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the San Francisco metropolitan area, May 2024 Major occupational group Percent of total employment Mean hourly wage ($) United States San Francisco United States San FranciscoTotal, all occupations
100.0 100.0 32.66 48.15Management
7.1 9.7 68.15 93.40Business and financial operations
6.7 9.0 45.04 61.14Computer and mathematical
3.4 7.2 56.16 78.40Architecture and engineering
1.7 2.2 49.99 67.54Life, physical, and social science
0.9 1.8 43.12 62.33Community and social service
1.7 1.9 30.31 39.93Legal
0.8 1.1 66.19 99.50Educational instruction and library
5.8 5.4 31.69 41.38Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media
1.4 2.1 37.04 52.09Healthcare practitioners and technical
6.2 5.0 50.59 74.28Healthcare support
4.8 6.4 19.06 21.70Protective service
2.4 2.1 29.33 37.78Food preparation and serving related
8.8 8.1 17.32 22.30Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance
2.9 2.6 19.01 24.97Personal care and service
2.0 2.0 18.95 24.29Sales and related
8.7 7.4 26.00 35.89Office and administrative support
11.8 9.7 24.12 32.29Farming, fishing, and forestry
0.3 0.1 20.06 25.97Construction and extraction
4.1 3.7 30.73 42.93Installation, maintenance, and repair
3.9 2.6 29.63 38.44Production
5.7 3.4 24.08 29.41Transportation and material moving
8.9 6.5 23.44 29.37One occupational group—management—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. San Francisco had 233,270 jobs in management, accounting for 9.7 percent of local area employment, compared to the 7.1-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $93.40, compared to the national wage of $68.15.
Some of the larger detailed occupations within the management group included general and operations managers (42,330), computer and information systems managers (26,640), and financial managers (18,380). Among the higher paying jobs in this group were chief executives ($153.82) and natural sciences managers ($119.48). At the lower end of the wage scale were education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare ($40.61) and food service managers ($41.03). (Detailed data for the management occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to https://data.bls.gov/oes/#/area/0041860.)
Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.00 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the San Francisco area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the management group. For instance, natural sciences managers were employed at 3.28 times the national rate in San Francisco, and computer and information systems managers, at 2.64 times the U.S. average. Construction managers had a location quotient of 1.04 in San Francisco, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.
The statistics in this release are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support. State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data: in this case, the California Employment Development Department.
Changes to the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) DataEffective with the May 2024 OEWS news release, the OEWS program has implemented new metropolitan area definitions based on the 2020 decennial census and delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Bulletin 23-01. This news release does not include data for Colorado and its areas because of quality concerns with Colorado’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data. See the national OEWS news release for more information.
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 530 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. Full OEWS data tables are available online.
Additional information about the OEWS estimates and methodology is available in the national Technical Notes. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 65.7 percent based on establishments and 65.9 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area included 8,372 establishments with a response rate of 59 percent.
Metropolitan area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, San Francisco County, and San Mateo County.
For more information
Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data, as well as general program documentation, are available on the OEWS website.
Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.
Table 1. Employment and wage data for management occupations, San Francisco metropolitan area, May 2024 Occupation Employment Mean wages ($) Level Location quotient Hourly AnnualManagement occupations
233,270 1.36 93.40 194,270Chief executives
6,170 1.87 153.82 319,950General and operations managers
42,330 0.76 85.95 178,780Legislators
270 0.65 100,830Advertising and promotions managers
460 1.41 91.32 189,950Marketing managers
12,820 2.13 109.71 228,200Sales managers
17,890 1.90 94.10 195,730Public relations managers
2,040 1.72 95.84 199,350Fundraising managers
1,230 2.13 83.39 173,440Administrative services managers
5,380 1.36 73.22 152,290Facilities managers
3,180 1.44 71.13 147,940Computer and information systems managers
26,640 2.64 114.45 238,050Financial managers
18,380 1.44 117.20 243,770Industrial production managers
3,190 0.87 80.53 167,500Purchasing managers
1,190 0.94 83.81 174,320Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
4,070 1.22 72.48 150,750Compensation and benefits managers
610 1.93 91.56 190,440Human resources managers
5,890 1.75 103.18 214,610Training and development managers
1,090 1.56 88.87 184,850Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
40 0.47 56.94 118,430Construction managers
5,660 1.04 77.70 161,620Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare
1,490 1.34 40.61 84,470Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
4,060 0.81 153,140Education administrators, postsecondary
1,790 0.65 74.22 154,370Education administrators, all other
1,740 2.10 54.97 114,340Architectural and engineering managers
6,380 1.95 103.99 216,300Food service managers
5,480 1.44 41.03 85,330Gambling managers
30 0.47 77.54 161,280Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling
1,270 2.22 53.18 110,610Lodging managers
540 0.83 50.31 104,640Medical and health services managers
11,210 1.27 86.75 180,440Natural sciences managers
5,160 3.28 119.48 248,510Postmasters and mail superintendents
80 0.35 49.70 103,370Property, real estate, and community association managers
7,120 1.54 50.25 104,510Social and community service managers
4,860 1.59 49.59 103,150Emergency management directors
150 0.77 78.50 163,280Funeral home managers
60 0.31 52.08 108,320Personal service managers, all other
310 1.88 39.09 81,300Managers, all other
22,980 2.33 99.44 206,840Last Modified Date: Thursday, May 01, 2025
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