Boston vs. San Francisco
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-6011
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
San Francisco's median is 23.4% higher — but after local prices, San Francisco still leads by 15.5%.
Boston's median $85,260 buys $78,800 at national prices (price parity 108.3); San Francisco's $105,190 buys $91,000 (115.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is San Francisco against Boston.
| Boston | San Francisco | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 11,290 | 11,250 | −0.4% |
| 10th percentile | $61,400 | $69,990 | +14.0% |
| 25th percentile | $74,630 | $86,130 | +15.4% |
| Median | $85,260 | $105,190 | +23.4% |
| 75th percentile | $101,520 | $127,280 | +25.4% |
| 90th percentile | $126,940 | $151,750 | +19.5% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
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