SOC 53-7072 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025
How much do Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $71,780. The 10th percentile is $52,280 and the 90th percentile is $103,100. Employment is 110.
Median annual wage
$71,780
- 10th percentile
- $52,280
- 25th percentile
- $60,910
- Median
- $71,780
- 75th percentile
- $84,710
- 90th percentile
- $103,100
- Mean
- $74,050
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers, the published 10th percentile is $52,280 and the 90th percentile is $103,100. The difference is $50,820, which is 70.8% 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 $60,910 to the 75th at $84,710, covers $23,800.
The mean annual wage is $74,050, which sits above the median of $71,780. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA median is 16.2% higher than the national median of $61,770 for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $62,086, which is 0.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 24.5% higher than the California median of $57,660.
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 $71,780 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers at $62,086 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 2 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).).
- Fresno, CA is 156 miles away, with a median of $59,540 and employment of 40. That median is 17.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,282, against $62,086 here.
Employment share
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (110 of 2,373,920). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,780 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 · Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers make in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is $71,780. The 10th percentile is $52,280 and the 90th percentile is $103,100. Employment is 110.
How does that compare with the national median for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers?
The local median is 16.2% higher than the national median of $61,770.
What is Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 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 $71,780 is $62,086. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA compare with nearby metros for Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers?
Fresno, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 156 miles away, at $59,540. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.