SOC 53-2031 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Flight Attendants 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 Flight Attendants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $89,430. The 10th percentile is $52,700 and the 90th percentile is $141,700. Employment is 4,420.
Median annual wage
$89,430
- 10th percentile
- $52,700
- 25th percentile
- $60,890
- Median
- $89,430
- 75th percentile
- $110,310
- 90th percentile
- $141,700
- Mean
- $91,980
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates. BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly wages are not published.

Percentile spread
For Flight Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $52,700 and the 90th percentile is $141,700. The difference is $89,000, which is 99.5% 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 $60,890 to the 75th at $110,310, covers $49,420.
The mean annual wage is $91,980, which sits above the median of $89,430. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
Hourly wages are not published because BLS reports this occupation on an annual basis. Hourly and annual wages.
National and state comparison
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 40.7% higher than the national median of $63,580 for Flight Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $77,353, which is 21.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 8.8% higher than the California median of $82,170.
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 $89,430 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Flight Attendants at $77,353 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 Flight Attendants in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Flight Attendants accounts for 0.19% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (4,420 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (131,650 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.20 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 · Flight Attendants 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 Flight Attendants make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Flight Attendants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $89,430. The 10th percentile is $52,700 and the 90th percentile is $141,700. Employment is 4,420.
How does that compare with the national median for Flight Attendants?
The local median is 40.7% higher than the national median of $63,580.
What is Flight Attendants 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 $89,430 is $77,353. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.