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Epidemiologists · SOC 19-1041

Epidemiologists 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$130,400
Median hourly wage$62.69

Epidemiologists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $130,400 per year ($62.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $100,310 at the 10th percentile to $224,270 at the 90th. BLS estimates 320 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Epidemiologists in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $130,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $105,490 and $153,790.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$100,310$105,490$130,400$153,790$224,270
Hourly$48.23$50.72$62.69$73.94$107.82

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
    $130,400
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $110,760
  • United Statesnational
    $87,220

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

The median here is +18% vs California overall and +50% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$48,380$75,720$103,060$130,400San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $48,380Tucson, AZ — $54,490McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $59,860Fresno, CA — $63,840Ann Arbor, MI — $64,770Portland-South Portland, ME — $65,950St. Louis, MO-IL — $67,010Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $67,260Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $67,830Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $68,100Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $69,380Montgomery, AL — $70,710Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $70,880Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $72,410Oklahoma City, OK — $72,590San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $72,800Lincoln, NE — $73,060Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $74,330Urban Honolulu, HI — $76,780Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $77,170Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $78,000Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $78,350Lexington-Fayette, KY — $78,700Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $79,450Kansas City, MO-KS — $79,620Albuquerque, NM — $79,980Columbus, OH — $80,980New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $81,240Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $81,570Richmond, VA — $82,460Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $82,990Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $83,650Helena, MT — $84,290Raleigh-Cary, NC — $84,770Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $85,170Madison, WI — $88,770Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $90,320Pittsburgh, PA — $91,800Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $94,690Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $97,250Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $97,290Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $98,110New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $98,340Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,780Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $104,310Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $104,460Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $105,400Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $105,670Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $105,850Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $105,930Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $108,240Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $111,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $112,780Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $115,890Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $123,970San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $125,320San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $130,400

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 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 57 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 epidemiologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $130,400
  • San Diego metro area
    $125,320
  • Sacramento metro area
    $111,960
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $105,400
  • Riverside metro area
    $78,350
  • Fresno metro area
    $63,840

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:

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$160,180Biological Scientists, All Other$138,160Biological Technicians$95,220Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$126,860Chemists$127,790Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other$77,670

Highest-paying metro areas for epidemiologistss · 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.