Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 4,570.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in San Francisco earn more.
$56,400 in San Francisco buys what $48,800 buys across the country as a whole.
San Francisco's regional price parity is 115.6 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in California
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. San Francisco |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria | $62,200 | $57,200 | 108.8 | +17.2% |
| San Francisco This page | $56,400 | $48,800 | 115.6 | — |
| San Jose | $55,230 | $50,000 | 110.4 | +2.5% |
| Stockton | $51,120 | $48,600 | 105.1 | −0.3% |
| Bakersfield | $50,740 | $50,300 | 100.9 | +3.1% |
| Visalia | $50,090 | $50,200 | 99.8 | +2.9% |
| Santa Rosa | $49,540 | $46,000 | 107.8 | −5.8% |
| San Luis Obispo | $49,450 | $45,500 | 108.6 | −6.7% |
Price parity and difference against San Francisco are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 21.2% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 2.0% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
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.
- Inflation
- Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
- Employment
- 4,570 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 51-2028, Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers. Mapped to our taxonomy as electrical-electronic-and-electromechanical-assemblers-except-coil-winders-tapers-and-finishers.
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