SOC 39-5011 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Barbers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Barbers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $43,650. The 10th percentile is $40,270 and the 90th percentile is $112,250. Employment is 170.

Median annual wage

$43,650

10th percentile
$40,270
25th percentile
$43,240
Median
$43,650
75th percentile
$69,530
90th percentile
$112,250
Mean
$58,100

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Paramedics in an ambulance. Photograph by Jim Legans, Jr.. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Barbers, the published 10th percentile is $40,270 and the 90th percentile is $112,250. The difference is $71,980, which is 164.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $43,240 to the 75th at $69,530, covers $26,290.

The mean annual wage is $58,100, which sits above the median of $43,650. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 14.2% higher than the national median of $38,210 for Barbers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $37,755, which is 1.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.7% higher than the California median of $38,380.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,650 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Barbers at $37,755 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Barbers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Barbers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (170 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA · Barbers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Barbers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Barbers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $43,650. The 10th percentile is $40,270 and the 90th percentile is $112,250. Employment is 170.

How does that compare with the national median for Barbers?

The local median is 14.2% higher than the national median of $38,210.

What is Barbers pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 115.613, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,650 is $37,755. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.