New York vs. San Francisco
Self-Enrichment Teachers. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-3021
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
New York's median is 0.2% higher — but after local prices, New York still leads by 2.9%.
New York's median $59,600 buys $52,900 at national prices (price parity 112.6); San Francisco's $59,470 buys $51,400 (115.6).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is San Francisco against New York.
| New York | San Francisco | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 33,380 | 10,540 | −68.4% |
| 10th percentile | $36,670 | $42,560 | +16.1% |
| 25th percentile | $43,760 | $46,100 | +5.3% |
| Median | $59,600 | $59,470 | −0.2% |
| 75th percentile | $84,940 | $91,940 | +8.2% |
| 90th percentile | $129,090 | $119,970 | −7.1% |
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
- Self-Enrichment Teachers in New York · Self-Enrichment Teachers in San Francisco
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