County profile
San Diego County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#10 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$331.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,391,721
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
93,407
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$79.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,282,248
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$106.3k±$949
Bachelor's degree+
43.2%
Poverty rate
10.3%±0.2%
Business applications
45,546 · 2025
Retail establishments
9,207
28.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1QUALCOMM IncorporatedTechnology$44.3B79B+2LPL Financial Holdings Inc.Financial Services$17.0B75B+3SempraUtilities$12.4B64C4Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$6.0B51D5Realty Income CorporationReal Estate$5.7B60C6PriceSmart, Inc.Consumer Defensive$5.3B73B7ResMed Inc.Healthcare$5.1B88A8DexCom, Inc.Healthcare$4.7B87A9Viasat, Inc.Technology$4.6B65B10Illumina, Inc.Healthcare$4.3B84B+11Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.Healthcare$2.9B88A12QuidelOrtho CorporationHealthcare$2.7B54D13Callaway Golf CompanyConsumer Cyclical$2.1B60C14Teradata CorporationTechnology$1.7B76B+15Jack in the Box Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.5B62C16Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$1.4B85A17Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.Industrials$1.3B68B18ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.Healthcare$1.1B82B+19Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.Healthcare$1.0B66B20Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$943.7M71B21Alphatec Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$764.2M77B+22WD-40 CompanyBasic Materials$620.0M80B+23Arlo Technologies, Inc.Technology$529.3M63C24Travere Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$490.7M74B25MaxLinear, Inc.Technology$467.6M67BHQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Food & accommodation20%
Professional services19%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,282,248
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $84.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−133,070
International migration+57,817
Natural change+59,632
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$245.7B2019
$247.1B2020
$272.9B2021
$295.4B2022
$315.3B2023
$331.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$854.7k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$2.2k/mo±$11/mo
Vacancy rate
6.3%±0.2%
Affordability
10.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.5B
11,707 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$3.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 100Earthquake 100Landslide 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
11712016
12542017
13292018
13672019
14142020
16082021
19002022
20092023
21562024
21712025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 202110,0482021
9,3462022
11,4692023
11,5722024
11,7072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.1 km
I-8
Nearest freight rail
31.3 km
MTS
Nearest port
44.0 km
San Diego Unified Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
51.8 km
MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,883,449 short tons/yr · San Diego Unified Port, CA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR241 filings from 89 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$79.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of San Diego?
San Diego's economy produced $331.9B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.