Pay distribution $82,760 10th $100,850 25th $163,550 75th $193,250 90th
Half of Network and Computer Systems Administrators in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $129,680 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $100,850 and $163,550.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $82,760 $100,850 $129,680 $163,550 $193,250 Hourly $39.79 $48.49 $62.34 $78.63 $92.91
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
$129,680 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $100,850 to $163,550
$106,440 median for California; middle half earns $88,680 to $134,190
$99,130 median for United States; middle half earns $78,010 to $126,640
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +22% vs California overall and +31% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $51,260 $78,627 $105,993 $133,360 Aguadilla, PR — $51,260 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $55,040 Cheyenne, WY — $64,480 Gadsden, AL — $66,910 Mansfield, OH — $66,980 Great Falls, MT — $69,130 Jefferson City, MO — $70,890 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $71,670 Beckley, WV — $71,700 Sebring, FL — $71,790 Charleston, WV — $72,040 Lubbock, TX — $72,530 Gainesville, FL — $73,230 Johnson City, TN — $73,240 San Angelo, TX — $73,410 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $73,430 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $73,620 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $73,740 Tallahassee, FL — $74,020 Williamsport, PA — $74,050 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $74,110 Morgantown, WV — $74,240 Homosassa Springs, FL — $74,470 Jackson, MS — $75,050 Florence, SC — $75,190 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $75,320 Lawton, OK — $75,400 Dothan, AL — $75,460 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $75,590 Texarkana, TX-AR — $76,020 Rapid City, SD — $76,120 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $76,320 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $76,590 Grand Island, NE — $76,610 Bowling Green, KY — $76,880 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $77,110 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $77,140 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $77,140 Yuma, AZ — $77,170 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $77,260 Mobile, AL — $77,340 Bangor, ME — $77,360 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $77,400 Dover, DE — $77,440 Alexandria, LA — $77,480 Altoona, PA — $77,540 Missoula, MT — $77,650 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $77,830 Jackson, TN — $77,900 Bay City, MI — $78,020 Ames, IA — $78,030 Montgomery, AL — $78,110 Punta Gorda, FL — $78,160 Muncie, IN — $78,170 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $78,330 Ocala, FL — $78,430 State College, PA — $78,520 Columbia, MO — $78,610 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $78,690 Paducah, KY-IL — $78,690 Albany, GA — $78,710 Fond du Lac, WI — $79,000 Niles, MI — $79,040 Hattiesburg, MS — $79,110 Abilene, TX — $79,260 Salisbury, MD — $79,290 Kankakee, IL — $79,310 Tuscaloosa, AL — $79,320 Springfield, MO — $79,420 Decatur, AL — $79,500 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $79,570 Harrisonburg, VA — $79,670 Jacksonville, NC — $79,690 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $79,980 Casper, WY — $79,990 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $80,090 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $80,150 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $80,170 Manhattan, KS — $80,170 Chambersburg, PA — $80,370 Pittsburgh, PA — $80,440 College Station-Bryan, TX — $80,450 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $80,480 Lima, OH — $80,510 Minot, ND — $80,630 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $80,680 Canton-Massillon, OH — $80,760 Lawrence, KS — $80,770 Billings, MT — $80,880 Goldsboro, NC — $80,880 Terre Haute, IN — $80,880 Bozeman, MT — $80,950 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $80,970 Wheeling, WV-OH — $81,000 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $81,160 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $81,160 Sumter, SC — $81,360 Jonesboro, AR — $81,370 Victoria, TX — $81,390 Laredo, TX — $81,400 Longview, TX — $81,460 Lebanon, PA — $81,520 Midland, MI — $81,540 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $81,650 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $81,650 Pocatello, ID — $81,820 Johnstown, PA — $81,960 Sherman-Denison, TX — $82,050 Helena, MT — $82,240 Fort Wayne, IN — $82,250 Springfield, OH — $82,260 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $82,260 El Paso, TX — $82,370 Corpus Christi, TX — $82,690 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $82,730 Appleton, WI — $82,750 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $82,750 Wichita, KS — $82,820 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,890 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $82,960 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $82,970 Utica-Rome, NY — $83,070 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $83,090 St. George, UT — $83,090 Wichita Falls, TX — $83,150 Dubuque, IA — $83,180 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $83,230 Lancaster, PA — $83,360 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $83,400 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $83,420 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $83,480 Flagstaff, AZ — $83,520 Eau Claire, WI — $83,620 Lake Charles, LA — $83,670 York-Hanover, PA — $83,720 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $83,820 Midland, TX — $83,920 Lewiston, ID-WA — $83,940 Wausau, WI — $83,960 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $84,100 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $84,130 Toledo, OH — $84,130 Elizabethtown, KY — $84,240 Chico, CA — $84,280 Birmingham, AL — $84,350 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $84,350 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $84,450 Joplin, MO-KS — $84,590 Tyler, TX — $84,680 Valdosta, GA — $84,710 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $84,790 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $85,080 Tulsa, OK — $85,110 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $85,150 Lincoln, NE — $85,260 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $85,490 Saginaw, MI — $85,520 Columbus, GA-AL — $85,690 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $85,810 Columbus, IN — $86,050 Green Bay, WI — $86,050 Binghamton, NY — $86,350 Las Cruces, NM — $86,360 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $86,370 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $86,530 Albuquerque, NM — $86,540 Glens Falls, NY — $86,600 Columbia, SC — $86,650 Sheboygan, WI — $86,670 Fairbanks-College, AK — $86,690 Fargo, ND-MN — $86,700 Waco, TX — $87,000 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $87,090 Kenosha, WI — $87,110 Knoxville, TN — $87,400 Hot Springs, AR — $87,420 Sandusky, OH — $87,470 Reading, PA — $87,540 Burlington, NC — $87,660 Iowa City, IA — $87,770 Tucson, AZ — $87,780 Fayetteville, NC — $87,920 Erie, PA — $88,070 Gettysburg, PA — $88,260 Lafayette, LA — $88,300 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $88,390 Medford, OR — $88,570 El Centro, CA — $88,580 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $88,580 Rocky Mount, NC — $88,790 Spartanburg, SC — $88,860 Dalton, GA — $88,910 St. Louis, MO-IL — $88,940 Monroe, LA — $88,990 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $89,000 Bloomington, IN — $89,020 Omaha, NE-IA — $89,090 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $89,250 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $89,300 Akron, OH — $89,380 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $89,430 Ithaca, NY — $89,440 Grand Junction, CO — $89,500 Evansville, IN — $89,690 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $89,770 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $89,800 Albany, OR — $89,830 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $89,990 Kingston, NY — $90,080 Roanoke, VA — $90,130 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $90,140 Pueblo, CO — $90,310 Winchester, VA-WV — $90,400 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $90,510 Duluth, MN-WI — $90,540 Walla Walla, WA — $90,650 Yuba City, CA — $90,840 Topeka, KS — $91,000 Oklahoma City, OK — $91,160 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $91,220 Killeen-Temple, TX — $91,240 Traverse City, MI — $91,290 Flint, MI — $91,430 Gainesville, GA — $91,490 Rome, GA — $91,510 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $91,570 Madison, WI — $91,580 Monroe, MI — $91,630 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $91,800 Kansas City, MO-KS — $91,980 St. Cloud, MN — $92,020 Syracuse, NY — $92,050 Fresno, CA — $92,200 Rockford, IL — $92,260 Battle Creek, MI — $92,280 Warner Robins, GA — $92,290 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $92,390 Portland-South Portland, ME — $92,520 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $92,550 Odessa, TX — $92,690 Redding, CA — $92,690 Amarillo, TX — $92,980 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $92,990 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $93,090 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $93,170 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $93,440 Cedar Rapids, IA — $93,480 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $93,730 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $93,820 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $93,830 Owensboro, KY — $94,060 Rochester, NY — $94,130 Boise City, ID — $94,140 Jackson, MI — $94,210 Twin Falls, ID — $94,230 Pittsfield, MA — $94,310 Grants Pass, OR — $94,420 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $94,550 Winston-Salem, NC — $94,550 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $94,560 Lynchburg, VA — $94,660 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $94,670 Decatur, IL — $94,700 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $95,140 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $95,160 Savannah, GA — $95,180 Asheville, NC — $95,230 Bismarck, ND — $95,350 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $95,550 Reno, NV — $95,600 Springfield, MA — $95,630 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $95,680 Mankato, MN — $95,720 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $95,740 Santa Fe, NM — $95,740 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $95,820 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $96,070 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $96,110 Cleveland, OH — $96,140 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $96,400 Logan, UT-ID — $96,410 Anchorage, AK — $96,420 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $96,470 Ann Arbor, MI — $96,580 Vineland, NJ — $96,660 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $96,770 Greeley, CO — $97,130 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $97,180 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $97,230 Visalia, CA — $97,270 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $97,310 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $97,480 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $97,500 Bloomington, IL — $97,580 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $97,720 Port St. Lucie, FL — $97,730 Baton Rouge, LA — $97,770 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $97,810 Elmira, NY — $97,950 Merced, CA — $98,060 Ogden, UT — $98,230 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $98,320 Yakima, WA — $98,330 Salinas, CA — $98,340 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $98,520 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $98,640 Greenville, NC — $98,840 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $98,950 Modesto, CA — $99,000 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $99,030 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $99,030 Wilmington, NC — $99,060 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $99,110 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $99,230 Jacksonville, FL — $99,460 Richmond, VA — $99,750 Huntsville, AL — $100,120 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $100,120 Charlottesville, VA — $100,270 Napa, CA — $100,360 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $100,460 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $100,490 Bellingham, WA — $100,520 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $100,570 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $100,730 Worcester, MA — $100,790 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $100,900 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $101,000 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $101,220 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $101,310 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $101,430 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $101,450 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $101,530 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $101,560 Colorado Springs, CO — $101,850 Idaho Falls, ID — $102,020 Urban Honolulu, HI — $102,050 Peoria, IL — $102,630 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $102,790 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $102,950 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $103,170 New Haven, CT — $103,170 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $103,170 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $103,260 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $103,380 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $103,440 Barnstable Town, MA — $103,680 Bend, OR — $103,700 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $103,760 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $103,870 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $104,440 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $104,520 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $104,800 Corvallis, OR — $104,930 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $105,090 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $105,170 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $105,580 Columbus, OH — $105,750 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $105,880 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $106,290 Rochester, MN — $107,210 Longview-Kelso, WA — $107,890 Lexington Park, MD — $109,590 Boulder, CO — $109,790 Salem, OR — $109,970 Vallejo, CA — $110,520 Springfield, IL — $110,600 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $110,640 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $112,530 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $116,770 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $117,200 Carson City, NV — $118,340 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $118,810 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $119,390 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $122,950 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $125,430 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $129,680 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $133,360 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 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 378 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 network and computer systems administrators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Francisco metro areathis page
$129,680 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $100,850 to $163,550
$133,360 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $102,680 to $167,710
$118,810 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $96,830 to $137,970
$110,520 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $90,590 to $133,000
$106,290 median for Los Angeles metro area; middle half earns $86,170 to $131,290
$105,170 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $86,070 to $127,570
$104,800 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $87,560 to $133,760
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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 .