Highest Paying Jobs In San Francisco, CA For 2024

The highest-paying jobs in San Francisco include a range of industries, including healthcare, technology, and finance. If you’re looking for a high-paying career in the San Francisco area, this list will help you narrow down your search to the best-paid professions available.

We cover the 33 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco in 2024 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Most of the high-paying positions in San Francisco require extensive experience, but there are also some well-paid entry-level roles for job seekers with the right educational background.

Overall, the highest-paying job in San Francisco is Anesthesiologist, with an average annual salary of $357,717 and an entry-level salary of $182,000.

Whether you’re considering a career change, thinking about moving to San Francisco, or a recent graduate planning for your future, this guide to the highest-paying jobs and best-paid industries in San Francisco can help you figure out your next move.

Here’s a quick look at the top 10 highest-paying jobs in San Francisco, California:

Anesthesiologist – $357,717
Psychiatrist – $272,540
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist – $271,005
Assistant Professor Of Surgery – $260,499
Group Creative Director – $256,208
Outpatient Psychiatrist – $253,741
President & Chief Operating Officer – $246,796
Adult Psychiatrist – $245,754
Clinical Sciences Professor – $245,706
Medical Director – $241,912

Detailed list of highest paying jobs in San Francisco

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary
1	Anesthesiologist	$357,717	$182,000
2	Psychiatrist	$272,540	$155,000
3	Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist	$271,005	$168,000
4	Assistant Professor Of Surgery	$260,499	$134,000
5	Group Creative Director	$256,208	$137,000
6	Outpatient Psychiatrist	$253,741	$155,000
7	President & Chief Operating Officer	$246,796	$135,000
8	Adult Psychiatrist	$245,754	$150,000
9	Clinical Sciences Professor	$245,706	$133,000
10	Medical Director	$241,912	$156,000
11	Vice President, Corporate Development	$241,536	$149,000
12	Senior Customer Account Executive	$240,571	$152,000
13	Vice President/Managing Director	$238,795	$146,000
14	Hospitalist	$233,407	$152,000
15	Vice President Worldwide Sales	$233,365	$141,000
16	Physician	$231,684	$127,000
17	Senior Vice President	$231,529	$141,000
18	Orthotic/Prosthetic Practitioner	$230,673	$137,000
19	Global Vice President Of Sales	$230,394	$141,000
20	Senior Vice President-Operations	$226,441	$127,000
21	President Of Operations	$226,365	$127,000
22	Senior Vice President, Engineering	$225,767	$146,000
23	Primary Care Physician	$224,559	$127,000
24	Senior Vice President Of Marketing	$223,458	$134,000
25	Senior Director Of Engineering	$223,273	$143,000
26	Family Medicine Physician	$222,767	$132,000
27	Executive Vice President	$222,524	$121,000
28	Director Of Enterprise Sales	$220,980	$132,000
29	Internal Medicine Physician	$220,060	$131,000
30	Vice President, Products & Marketing	$218,333	$149,000
31	Senior Vice President, Sales	$217,935	$134,000
32	Senior Director, Product	$216,793	$156,000
33	Professor	$216,671	$127,000

How we determined the highest paid jobs in San Francisco for 2024

To figure out the highest-paying jobs in San Francisco, we looked at the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Foreign Labor Certification Data Center (FLC), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and others.

Zippia’s data science team then supplements that data by continuously scanning through millions of job postings each day to find published salaries. We match these published salaries to the companies, locations, and job titles in other datasets.

Finally, we calculate a weighted average of these inputs to produce an estimated salary for the particular job title in San Francisco.

In total, the team looked at the salary data set for all over 1,000 job titles in San Francisco to identify the jobs that get paid the most.

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2024. This is our eighth time ranking the highest paying jobs in San Francisco.

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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