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Calibration Technologists and Technicians · SOC 17-3028

Calibration Technologists and Technicians Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$99,660
Median hourly wage$47.91

Calibration Technologists and Technicians in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $99,660 per year ($47.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $64,170 at the 10th percentile to $125,290 at the 90th. BLS estimates 240 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Calibration Technologists and Technicians in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $99,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $81,320 and $115,560.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$64,170$81,320$99,660$115,560$125,290
Hourly$30.85$39.10$47.91$55.56$60.23

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $99,660
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $79,010
  • United Statesnational
    $67,820

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +26% vs California overall and +47% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$36,200$59,873$83,547$107,220Mayaguez, PR — $36,200Midland, TX — $36,690Ponce, PR — $37,260San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,490Fort Wayne, IN — $51,310Albuquerque, NM — $53,750Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $55,500El Paso, TX — $55,530Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $56,160Pittsburgh, PA — $57,570Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,180Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $58,850Jacksonville, FL — $59,300Greensboro-High Point, NC — $59,460Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,590Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $59,730Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $59,820Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,100San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,230Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $60,960Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $61,030Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,100Worcester, MA — $61,450Oklahoma City, OK — $61,620Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,720Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $61,990Madison, WI — $62,000Rochester, NY — $62,140Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $62,450Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $62,780Syracuse, NY — $62,850Tulsa, OK — $63,100Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $63,420Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $63,660Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $64,150Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $64,220Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $64,390Tucson, AZ — $64,430Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $64,800Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $65,130Cleveland, OH — $65,390Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $65,680St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,800Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $66,230Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,010Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $67,310Odessa, TX — $68,630Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $68,830Manchester-Nashua, NH — $69,110Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $71,570Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $71,640New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $71,950Boulder, CO — $73,100Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $75,080Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $75,450Reno, NV — $75,720Corpus Christi, TX — $77,380Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $77,410Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $77,470Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $78,610Richmond, VA — $79,040Columbus, OH — $79,950Baton Rouge, LA — $80,670New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $82,100Raleigh-Cary, NC — $83,500Portland-South Portland, ME — $85,180San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $86,280Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $95,180Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $99,400San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,660San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $101,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $107,220

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Francisco metro area has the 3rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 74 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for calibration technologists and technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $99,660
  • San Jose metro area
    $101,840
  • Oxnard metro area
    $95,180
  • San Diego metro area
    $86,280
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $71,640
  • Sacramento metro area
    $67,310
  • Riverside metro area
    $66,230

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Civil Engineers$130,160Industrial Engineers$132,230Mechanical Engineers$161,370Engineers, All Other$159,800Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$126,550Computer Hardware Engineers$203,890

Highest-paying metro areas for calibration technologists and technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.