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

Percentile spread

For Cost Estimators, the published 10th percentile is $58,910 and the 90th percentile is $167,780. The difference is $108,870, which is 107.1% 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 $76,640 to the 75th at $133,140, covers $56,500.

The mean annual wage is $109,520, which sits above the median of $101,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 29.1% higher than the national median of $78,740 for Cost Estimators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $87,905, which is 11.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.9% higher than the California median of $85,460.

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 $101,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Cost Estimators at $87,905 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cost Estimators. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 16 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Vallejo, CA is 39 miles away, with a median of $84,830 and employment of 290. That median is 16.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $78,199, against $87,905 here.
• Napa, CA is 51 miles away, with a median of $86,240 and employment of 110. That median is 15.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,621, against $87,905 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 55 miles away, with a median of $80,170 and employment of 150. That median is 21.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $72,951, against $87,905 here.

Employment share

Cost Estimators accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (3,300 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.14% of employment (224,220 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.96 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.