Los Angeles vs. San Francisco
Sales Managers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 11-2022
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 29.1% higher — but after local prices, San Francisco still leads by 26.8%.
Los Angeles's median $132,330 buys $116,500 at national prices (price parity 113.6); San Francisco's $170,810 buys $147,700 (115.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is San Francisco against Los Angeles.
| Los Angeles | San Francisco | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 37,790 | 17,770 | −53.0% |
| 10th percentile | $64,780 | $78,120 | +20.6% |
| 25th percentile | $92,540 | $114,990 | +24.3% |
| Median | $132,330 | $170,810 | +29.1% |
| 75th percentile | $197,620 | $258,330 | +30.7% |
| 90th percentile | $286,390 | $336,650 | +17.5% |
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.
- Full pages
- Sales Managers in Los Angeles · Sales Managers in San Francisco
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