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Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists · SOC 19-1023

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 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$99,230
Median hourly wage$47.71

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $99,230 per year ($47.71 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $62,330 at the 10th percentile to $144,160 at the 90th. BLS estimates 300 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $99,230 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $76,860 and $131,440.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$62,330$76,860$99,230$131,440$144,160
Hourly$29.97$36.95$47.71$63.19$69.31

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
    $99,230
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $98,530
  • United Statesnational
    $76,780

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

The median here is +1% vs California overall and +29% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$48,110$75,387$102,663$129,940Jacksonville, FL — $48,110Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,130Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $49,100Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,920Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $50,000Tallahassee, FL — $52,060Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $53,230Lincoln, NE — $54,530Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $54,750Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $55,050Gainesville, FL — $55,790Naples-Marco Island, FL — $57,240Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $58,260Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,050Oklahoma City, OK — $61,210Knoxville, TN — $62,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $63,370Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $63,520Tucson, AZ — $64,330Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,870Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $66,770Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $66,790Casper, WY — $67,640Santa Fe, NM — $67,870Albuquerque, NM — $67,930Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $67,970Rapid City, SD — $68,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $68,200Duluth, MN-WI — $69,030Flagstaff, AZ — $70,370Madison, WI — $70,410Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $70,840Ogden, UT — $72,160Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $72,760Colorado Springs, CO — $72,860Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $73,280Coeur d'Alene, ID — $73,360Missoula, MT — $73,920Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $74,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,190Montgomery, AL — $75,210Columbus, OH — $75,400Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $76,600Boise City, ID — $77,210Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,280Portland-South Portland, ME — $77,290Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $78,380Yakima, WA — $78,460La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $78,850Bangor, ME — $79,000Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $79,010Reno, NV — $79,160Richmond, VA — $79,220Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $79,440Columbia, SC — $79,580Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $79,780Mobile, AL — $80,110Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $80,260Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $80,360Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $80,540Cleveland, OH — $80,980Eugene-Springfield, OR — $80,990Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $81,040Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $82,360Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $82,500Kennewick-Richland, WA — $82,880Bozeman, MT — $83,230Boulder, CO — $83,300Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $83,490Bend, OR — $83,780Medford, OR — $83,780Helena, MT — $84,230Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $84,240Grand Junction, CO — $84,360Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $84,500Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $84,620Salinas, CA — $84,900Anchorage, AK — $85,130Corvallis, OR — $85,150Bismarck, ND — $85,330Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $85,940New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $86,400Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $86,670Urban Honolulu, HI — $88,240Fairbanks-College, AK — $88,740Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $89,880San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $93,500Worcester, MA — $93,930Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $96,450Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $97,040Salem, OR — $98,110San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $99,230Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $99,490Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $104,330Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $113,800Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $122,170San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $129,940

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 6th-highest published median for this occupation among the 97 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 zoologists and wildlife biologists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $99,230
  • San Jose metro area
    $129,940
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $122,170
  • San Diego metro area
    $93,500
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $86,670
  • Salinas metro area
    $84,900
  • Sacramento metro area
    $84,620

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 zoologists and wildlife biologistss · 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.