Top 100 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA are those of nurse anesthetists, with an average annual salary of $235,120. The second highest-paying jobs are those of all other physicians, with an average salary of $222,860.

All of the shown salary and employment information for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	Nurse Anesthetists	$235,120	$91,010	260
2	All Other Physicians	$222,860	$78,480	2,950
3	Natural Sciences Managers	$214,700	$135,780	5,060
4	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$214,320	$139,380	380
5	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$214,190	$142,430	2,250
6	Lawyers	$213,560	$109,840	17,110
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$212,600	$129,710	25,700
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$208,160	$137,000	6,150
9	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$206,660	$102,010	2,530
10	Family Medicine Physicians	$206,290	$158,160	1,750
11	General Pediatricians	$200,880	$198,070	190
12	Podiatrists	$200,710	$54,970	80
13	Marketing Managers	$197,230	$107,600	13,830
14	Financial Managers	$193,670	$104,300	20,290
15	Nurse Practitioners	$192,720	$134,740	2,680
16	All Other Managers	$192,670	$102,310	23,480
17	Nurse Midwives	$191,170	$170,280	180
18	Ship Engineers	$180,520	$85,870	280
19	Human Resources Managers	$177,600	$103,770	5,920
20	General Dentists	$177,030	$104,190	1,600
21	Pharmacists	$175,980	$133,370	4,370
22	Radiation Therapists	$175,710	$136,820	150
23	Registered Nurses	$173,510	$106,760	41,970
24	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$171,870	$101,490	550
25	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$170,350	$106,660	750
26	Database Architects	$169,610	$93,610	1,330
27	Medical and Health Services Managers	$168,120	$83,530	8,630
28	Public Relations Managers	$168,070	$100,740	2,500
29	Air Traffic Controllers	$167,460	$59,950	430
30	Aerospace Engineers	$166,930	$78,840	900
31	Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$166,270	$100,980	150
32	Software Developers	$165,950	$105,310	67,010
33	Industrial Production Managers	$165,670	$87,230	3,730
34	Sales Managers	$165,630	$72,100	18,240
35	Computer Hardware Engineers	$164,940	$101,050	4,260
36	Purchasing Managers	$164,630	$100,140	1,350
37	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$163,780	$90,300	1,110
38	Physician Assistants	$161,680	$93,000	2,120
39	Statisticians	$158,550	$84,030	930
40	Art Directors	$158,220	$89,980	2,120
41	Computer Network Architects	$157,990	$87,210	4,530
42	Elevator Installers and Repairers	$156,300	$79,250	570
43	Training and Development Managers	$155,610	$97,740	1,290
44	Electronics Engineers (Non Computer)	$155,460	$96,520	2,770
45	Emergency Management Directors	$155,250	$107,250	100
46	Postsecondary Engineering Teachers	$152,620	$76,440	250
47	Other Psychologists	$150,970	$56,510	240
48	Postsecondary Physics Teachers	$149,360	$64,840	160
49	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$146,830	$83,220	290
50	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$143,900	$92,970	920
51	Actuaries	$143,630	$87,470	180
52	Genetic Counselors	$141,940	$112,990	100
53	Economists	$139,730	$76,170	280
54	Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers	$138,600	$79,010	110
55	General and Operations Managers	$138,250	$67,420	41,340
56	Sales Engineers	$138,010	$84,050	2,180
57	Electrical Engineers	$138,000	$83,820	4,740
58	Data Scientists	$137,680	$70,000	8,890
59	Physicists	$137,630	$89,620	4,110
60	Computer Systems Analysts	$137,340	$89,700	12,690
61	Optometrists	$137,250	$110,350	1,070
62	Computer Occupations, All Other	$137,210	$70,370	17,360
63	Financial Risk Specialists	$136,350	$72,680	1,010
64	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$134,650	$80,280	4,960
65	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$134,100	$116,980	70
66	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$133,490	$64,720	1,520
67	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$133,330	$81,110	3,110
68	Mechanical Engineers	$133,090	$80,360	5,130
69	Personal Financial Advisors	$132,900	$62,940	6,900
70	Information Security Analysts	$132,630	$72,590	3,920
71	Other Life Scientists	$132,510	$78,090	350
72	Engineers, All Other	$132,430	$81,800	3,910
73	Environmental Engineers	$132,170	$81,760	980
74	Biochemists and Biophysicists	$131,940	$78,020	3,660
75	All Other Surgeons	$131,830	$112,590	0
76	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$131,830	$99,890	890
77	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$130,740	$74,430	8,550
78	Postsecondary Economics Teachers	$130,570	$71,990	80
79	Postsecondary Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers	$130,160	$63,740	240
80	Radiologic Technologists	$130,010	$78,180	2,340
81	Fundraising Managers	$130,000	$81,290	720
82	Construction Managers	$129,740	$95,600	5,980
83	Respiratory Therapists	$129,510	$80,340	1,690
84	Hydrologists	$128,800	$87,990	120
85	Industrial Engineers	$128,770	$81,270	3,990
86	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$128,560	$71,870	150
87	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$128,320	$76,210	390
88	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$128,180	$90,370	310
89	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$127,920	$70,930	420
90	Veterinarians	$127,760	$72,890	990
91	Audiologists	$127,610	$95,350	180
92	Project Management Specialists	$127,390	$67,710	20,170
93	Database Administrators	$127,150	$67,200	1,540
94	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$127,130	$65,700	520
95	Historians	$126,940	$80,990	60
96	Mechanical Insulation Workers	$126,910	$50,580	110
97	Postsecondary Architecture Teachers	$126,900	$97,090	30
98	Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers	$126,650	$48,910	230
99	Anthropology and Archeology Teachers	$126,510	$76,830	90
100	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$126,220	$81,340	1,750

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Natural Sciences Managers	$207,920
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$205,310
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$205,090
4	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$199,460
5	Marketing Managers	$193,390
6	Computer Hardware Engineers	$191,660
7	Podiatrists	$189,720
8	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$178,480
9	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$176,710
10	Lawyers	$170,020

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Natural Sciences Managers	$203,020
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$199,760
3	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$191,770
4	Marketing Managers	$186,750
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$184,200
6	Lawyers	$183,720
7	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$182,630
8	Nurse Practitioners	$174,390
9	Financial Managers	$173,790
10	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$172,840

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$206,290
2	General Pediatricians	$200,880
3	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$200,150
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$189,070
5	Natural Sciences Managers	$188,690
6	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$177,760
7	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$175,320
8	First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers	$175,100
9	Marketing Managers	$172,040
10	Lawyers	$168,990

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