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Diagnostic Medical Sonographers · SOC 29-2032

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 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$160,270
Median hourly wage$77.05

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $160,270 per year ($77.05 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $94,600 at the 10th percentile to $204,140 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,300 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $160,270 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $123,380 and $181,190.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$94,600$123,380$160,270$181,190$204,140
Hourly$45.48$59.32$77.05$87.11$98.14

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
    $160,270
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $128,530
  • United Statesnational
    $96,590

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

The median here is +25% vs California overall and +66% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$38,120$83,130$128,140$173,150San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $38,120Dothan, AL — $62,620Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $66,270Valdosta, GA — $67,100Beckley, WV — $67,210Auburn-Opelika, AL — $67,870Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $68,030Mobile, AL — $68,090Huntsville, AL — $68,100Montgomery, AL — $68,180Tuscaloosa, AL — $69,040Birmingham, AL — $69,890Mayaguez, PR — $69,990Amarillo, TX — $70,030Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $71,770Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $75,400Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $75,440Dalton, GA — $75,600Athens-Clarke County, GA — $75,720Charleston, WV — $75,900Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $76,080Greenville, NC — $76,380Erie, PA — $76,510Homosassa Springs, FL — $76,580Hattiesburg, MS — $76,880Warner Robins, GA — $77,230Gainesville, FL — $77,290Hammond, LA — $77,430Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $77,540Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $77,680Baton Rouge, LA — $78,130McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $78,160Tallahassee, FL — $78,170Albany, GA — $78,330Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $78,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $78,670Pittsburgh, PA — $78,740Terre Haute, IN — $78,820Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $78,830Fayetteville, NC — $78,860Wheeling, WV-OH — $78,880Johnson City, TN — $78,970Macon-Bibb County, GA — $79,140Flint, MI — $79,230Rome, GA — $79,310Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $79,320Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $79,330Knoxville, TN — $79,360Corpus Christi, TX — $79,370Canton-Massillon, OH — $79,500Ocala, FL — $79,740Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $79,970Las Cruces, NM — $80,010Waco, TX — $80,090Columbus, GA-AL — $80,310Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $80,340Paducah, KY-IL — $80,480Lancaster, PA — $80,530Jackson, MS — $80,550Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $80,570Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $80,600Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $80,620Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $80,790College Station-Bryan, TX — $80,790El Paso, TX — $81,020Wichita, KS — $81,210Niles, MI — $81,330Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $81,430Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $81,450Wilmington, NC — $81,480Springfield, MO — $81,490Lincoln, NE — $81,500Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $81,550Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $81,620York-Hanover, PA — $81,700Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $81,860Jonesboro, AR — $81,880Asheville, NC — $81,920Joplin, MO-KS — $81,990Jackson, TN — $82,000Lafayette, LA — $82,010New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $82,070Rochester, NY — $82,070Ames, IA — $82,110Tyler, TX — $82,110Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $82,120Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $82,140Port St. Lucie, FL — $82,140Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $82,200Alexandria, LA — $82,320Spartanburg, SC — $82,400Lima, OH — $82,430Killeen-Temple, TX — $82,470Rocky Mount, NC — $82,530Cleveland, OH — $82,540Toledo, OH — $82,560Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $82,600Bismarck, ND — $82,610Longview, TX — $82,730Bloomington, IN — $82,750Punta Gorda, FL — $82,810Tulsa, OK — $82,820South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,840Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $82,870Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $82,890Omaha, NE-IA — $82,920Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $82,930Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $82,940Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $83,030Roanoke, VA — $83,140Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $83,280Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $83,310Texarkana, TX-AR — $83,340Winchester, VA-WV — $83,470Fort Wayne, IN — $83,500Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $83,510Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $83,550Savannah, GA — $83,720Lubbock, TX — $83,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $83,930Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $84,020Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $84,120Columbus, OH — $84,200San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $84,340Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,390Columbia, SC — $84,440Jacksonville, FL — $84,470Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $84,520Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $84,530Sherman-Denison, TX — $84,740Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $84,820Monroe, LA — $84,920Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $84,950Ann Arbor, MI — $85,120Evansville, IN — $85,220Youngstown-Warren, OH — $85,310Florence, SC — $85,900Oklahoma City, OK — $86,080Raleigh-Cary, NC — $86,130Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $86,250Albuquerque, NM — $86,320Cedar Rapids, IA — $86,480Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $86,480Naples-Marco Island, FL — $86,540Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $86,630Reading, PA — $86,740Gainesville, GA — $86,940Iowa City, IA — $86,940North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $86,940Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $87,080Fargo, ND-MN — $87,170Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $87,200Winston-Salem, NC — $87,220Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $87,550Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $88,080St. Cloud, MN — $88,150Columbia, MO — $88,540Charlottesville, VA — $88,700Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $88,940Akron, OH — $89,460Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $89,710Bowling Green, KY — $90,310Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $91,920Peoria, IL — $92,090Idaho Falls, ID — $92,840Bloomington, IL — $93,860Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $93,940Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $94,640Duluth, MN-WI — $94,850Rockford, IL — $95,020Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $95,100Lynchburg, VA — $95,130Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $95,220Bangor, ME — $95,230Midland, TX — $95,490Richmond, VA — $95,660St. Joseph, MO-KS — $96,240Glens Falls, NY — $96,890Tucson, AZ — $96,910Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $97,040Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $97,300Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $97,310Binghamton, NY — $97,390Lexington Park, MD — $97,530Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $97,700Utica-Rome, NY — $97,720Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $97,760Syracuse, NY — $97,910Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $98,010Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $98,160Salisbury, MD — $98,230Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $98,440Springfield, IL — $98,470Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $98,620Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $98,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $98,810Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $98,890Greensboro-High Point, NC — $98,890St. Louis, MO-IL — $98,990Visalia, CA — $99,010Springfield, MA — $99,060Twin Falls, ID — $99,420Janesville-Beloit, WI — $99,830Grand Junction, CO — $99,980Fort Smith, AR-OK — $100,140Boise City, ID — $100,210Champaign-Urbana, IL — $100,420Kansas City, MO-KS — $100,450Rochester, MN — $100,770Pueblo, CO — $100,970Portland-South Portland, ME — $101,260Appleton, WI — $101,700Madison, WI — $101,960Green Bay, WI — $102,530Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $102,630Ithaca, NY — $102,660Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $102,810Medford, OR — $103,060Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,080Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $103,420Manchester-Nashua, NH — $103,510Kenosha, WI — $103,540Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $103,570Sheboygan, WI — $103,680Kennewick-Richland, WA — $103,990Worcester, MA — $104,150Odessa, TX — $104,280Ogden, UT — $104,650Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $105,230Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $105,290Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $105,490Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $105,540Kingston, NY — $105,580Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $105,860Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $105,930New Haven, CT — $106,060New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,250Yakima, WA — $107,300Billings, MT — $107,340Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $107,340Fresno, CA — $107,750Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $107,760Reno, NV — $107,980Barnstable Town, MA — $108,020Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $108,410Anchorage, AK — $108,750Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $108,990Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $109,200Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $109,910Eugene-Springfield, OR — $110,120Bellingham, WA — $110,240Colorado Springs, CO — $110,850Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $111,300Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $112,980Vineland, NJ — $113,140Bend, OR — $114,460Boulder, CO — $114,620Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $119,430Bozeman, MT — $121,260Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $121,340Urban Honolulu, HI — $123,070Chico, CA — $123,880San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $125,090Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $125,670Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $125,750Salem, OR — $127,680Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $128,420San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $129,630Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $129,960Stockton-Lodi, CA — $130,210Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $132,490Redding, CA — $133,340Modesto, CA — $141,210Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $142,150San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $160,270Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $161,570Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $163,220Vallejo, CA — $171,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $173,150

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 5th-highest published median for this occupation among the 279 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 diagnostic medical sonographers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $160,270
  • San Jose metro area
    $173,150
  • Vallejo metro area
    $171,170
  • Sacramento metro area
    $163,220
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $161,570
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $142,150
  • Modesto metro area
    $141,210

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:

Registered Nurses$186,610Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses$94,310Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$84,130Pharmacy Technicians$60,550Dental Hygienists$146,760Pharmacists$177,410

Highest-paying metro areas for diagnostic medical sonographerss · 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.