Pay distribution $37,340 10th $41,070 25th $51,510 75th $63,060 90th
Half of Helpers--Production Workers in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $46,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,070 and $51,510.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $37,340 $41,070 $46,290 $51,510 $63,060 Hourly $17.95 $19.75 $22.25 $24.77 $30.32
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.
How this area compares San Francisco metro areathis metro area
$46,290 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $41,070 to $51,510
$43,970 median for California; middle half earns $38,800 to $49,290
$39,070 median for United States; middle half earns $35,220 to $45,990
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs California overall and +18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,970 $32,830 $43,690 $54,550 Mayaguez, PR — $21,970 Aguadilla, PR — $22,180 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,870 Ponce, PR — $23,180 Arecibo, PR — $24,430 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,370 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $29,340 Muncie, IN — $29,540 El Paso, TX — $30,460 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $30,960 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $31,010 Las Cruces, NM — $31,920 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $32,220 Lubbock, TX — $32,830 Jackson, MS — $33,030 Tyler, TX — $33,420 Ocala, FL — $33,790 Dalton, GA — $33,850 Florence, SC — $33,850 Monroe, LA — $33,980 Jonesboro, AR — $33,990 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $34,000 San Angelo, TX — $34,000 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $34,230 Dothan, AL — $34,320 Tallahassee, FL — $34,350 College Station-Bryan, TX — $34,380 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $34,510 Omaha, NE-IA — $34,620 Wichita Falls, TX — $34,630 Mobile, AL — $34,670 Gadsden, AL — $34,720 Hammond, LA — $34,720 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,860 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $34,900 St. George, UT — $35,000 Waco, TX — $35,040 Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,080 Vineland, NJ — $35,080 Killeen-Temple, TX — $35,100 Harrisonburg, VA — $35,240 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,270 Oklahoma City, OK — $35,330 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $35,350 Farmington, NM — $35,360 Albany, GA — $35,380 Albuquerque, NM — $35,380 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,460 Sherman-Denison, TX — $35,480 Battle Creek, MI — $35,520 Altoona, PA — $35,540 Springfield, OH — $35,630 Clarksville, TN-KY — $35,820 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,900 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,080 Gainesville, GA — $36,080 Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,110 Decatur, AL — $36,170 Lafayette, LA — $36,280 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,300 Longview, TX — $36,310 Ann Arbor, MI — $36,330 Dover, DE — $36,340 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,440 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,610 Huntsville, AL — $36,620 Evansville, IN — $36,630 Birmingham, AL — $36,710 Baton Rouge, LA — $36,770 Tulsa, OK — $36,810 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $36,830 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,830 Kenosha, WI — $36,860 Tucson, AZ — $36,890 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,900 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,940 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,970 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,000 Greenville, NC — $37,010 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $37,070 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,090 Johnson City, TN — $37,120 Odessa, TX — $37,130 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,140 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,190 Boise City, ID — $37,220 Toledo, OH — $37,220 Jefferson City, MO — $37,260 Chambersburg, PA — $37,280 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,290 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,310 Columbia, SC — $37,320 Elizabethtown, KY — $37,320 Victoria, TX — $37,350 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $37,360 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $37,420 Gainesville, FL — $37,430 Lake Charles, LA — $37,440 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $37,490 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,530 Gettysburg, PA — $37,540 Reno, NV — $37,540 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,590 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $37,680 Morristown, TN — $37,700 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,750 Utica-Rome, NY — $37,780 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,790 Niles, MI — $37,870 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $37,890 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,940 Columbus, OH — $37,990 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $38,010 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,020 Lebanon, PA — $38,100 Owensboro, KY — $38,150 Abilene, TX — $38,160 Cleveland, TN — $38,170 Midland, TX — $38,170 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,270 Spartanburg, SC — $38,320 Springfield, IL — $38,340 Jackson, MI — $38,350 Hot Springs, AR — $38,440 Wilmington, NC — $38,440 Roanoke, VA — $38,460 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,470 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $38,490 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $38,490 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $38,500 Williamsport, PA — $38,530 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $38,540 El Centro, CA — $38,610 Montgomery, AL — $38,630 Colorado Springs, CO — $38,670 Lynchburg, VA — $38,670 Port St. Lucie, FL — $38,680 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,760 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,850 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,870 Merced, CA — $38,880 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,990 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $39,020 Ames, IA — $39,070 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $39,070 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,120 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $39,140 Casper, WY — $39,170 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $39,230 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $39,240 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,250 Elmira, NY — $39,270 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $39,300 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,410 Glens Falls, NY — $39,480 Canton-Massillon, OH — $39,510 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,520 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,630 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $39,700 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,720 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $39,730 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,760 Binghamton, NY — $39,770 Modesto, CA — $39,900 Idaho Falls, ID — $39,910 Akron, OH — $40,000 St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,190 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,240 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,290 Bowling Green, KY — $40,350 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,350 Lancaster, PA — $40,400 Richmond, VA — $40,450 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $40,480 Chico, CA — $40,540 Fresno, CA — $40,540 Columbia, MO — $40,550 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $40,560 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,580 Twin Falls, ID — $40,590 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $40,600 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $40,780 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $40,800 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $40,800 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $40,800 Yakima, WA — $40,830 Hattiesburg, MS — $40,850 Erie, PA — $40,920 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $40,970 Jacksonville, FL — $40,980 Springfield, MO — $41,040 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $41,060 Savannah, GA — $41,080 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,090 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $41,160 Grand Junction, CO — $41,210 Pittsburgh, PA — $41,240 Rockford, IL — $41,240 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $41,250 Bend, OR — $41,300 Knoxville, TN — $41,330 Jackson, TN — $41,340 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $41,450 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $41,480 Flint, MI — $41,500 Mankato, MN — $41,530 Visalia, CA — $41,540 Bangor, ME — $41,720 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,720 Cleveland, OH — $41,730 Appleton, WI — $41,740 Cedar Rapids, IA — $41,740 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $41,740 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $41,820 Wichita, KS — $41,840 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $42,090 Columbus, IN — $42,210 Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,210 Eau Claire, WI — $42,220 Traverse City, MI — $42,220 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,240 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $42,320 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $42,360 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $42,390 Winchester, VA-WV — $42,420 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $42,490 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $42,490 Boulder, CO — $42,520 Anchorage, AK — $42,530 Fairbanks-College, AK — $42,620 St. Cloud, MN — $42,620 Medford, OR — $42,770 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $42,800 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $42,850 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,950 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,980 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $42,980 Winston-Salem, NC — $43,000 Longview-Kelso, WA — $43,120 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,210 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $43,210 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $43,240 Fort Wayne, IN — $43,300 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $43,340 Syracuse, NY — $43,370 Lawrence, KS — $43,420 Terre Haute, IN — $43,430 Worcester, MA — $43,680 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $43,720 Rochester, NY — $43,820 Portland-South Portland, ME — $43,870 Springfield, MA — $43,940 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $43,980 Urban Honolulu, HI — $44,020 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $44,170 Walla Walla, WA — $44,200 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $44,350 Valdosta, GA — $44,350 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,770 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,870 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,910 Vallejo, CA — $44,940 Decatur, IL — $44,960 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,070 Bellingham, WA — $45,080 Greeley, CO — $45,140 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,170 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,200 Asheville, NC — $45,280 Salem, OR — $45,310 Madison, WI — $45,410 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,620 Pittsfield, MA — $45,820 York-Hanover, PA — $45,870 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $45,970 Salinas, CA — $46,030 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $46,170 Johnstown, PA — $46,180 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $46,220 Rome, GA — $46,240 Billings, MT — $46,260 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,290 Redding, CA — $46,340 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,410 Lincoln, NE — $46,430 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,460 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,610 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $46,630 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,710 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $46,980 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,120 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $47,210 Peoria, IL — $47,250 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,320 Ogden, UT — $47,440 Sheboygan, WI — $47,720 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,760 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $47,830 Joplin, MO-KS — $47,850 Amarillo, TX — $48,370 Napa, CA — $48,420 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $48,470 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $48,520 Green Bay, WI — $48,670 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,690 Wausau, WI — $48,790 Pueblo, CO — $48,970 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $49,020 Lewiston, ID-WA — $49,680 New Haven, CT — $49,900 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,920 Fond du Lac, WI — $50,110 Fargo, ND-MN — $50,190 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $50,480 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $52,050 Albany, OR — $52,290 Reading, PA — $54,550 San Francisco metro area 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 36th-highest published median for this occupation among the 317 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 helpers--production workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$46,290 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $41,070 to $51,510
$49,920 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $41,160 to $60,190
$48,420 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $44,880 to $62,010
$47,320 median for Stockton metro area; middle half earns $38,890 to $51,860
$47,120 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $41,070 to $62,240
$46,340 median for Redding metro area; middle half earns $38,330 to $49,220
$46,170 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $44,280 to $51,510
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:
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators $60,250 Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers $62,340 First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers $91,500 Bakers $46,600 Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers $56,400 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders $46,310 Highest-paying metro areas for helpers--production workerss · 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 .