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San Francisco

United States · GDP 2024
#11 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$268.3B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
740,362
Employers
33,378
Avg. wage
$167.1k
Population
826,079
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$141.0k±$2.6k
Business applications
20,682 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Wells Fargo & CompanyFinancial Services$85.1B55C2Uber Technologies, Inc.Technology$52.0B71B3Salesforce, Inc.Technology$41.5B80B+4Visa Inc.Financial Services$40.0B86A5The Gap, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$15.4B77B+6DoorDash, Inc.Communication Services$13.7B71B7Airbnb, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.2B66B8Prologis, Inc.Real Estate$8.8B66B9Williams-Sonoma, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$7.8B79B+10Autodesk, Inc.Technology$7.2B88A11Levi Strauss & Co.Consumer Cyclical$6.3B68B12Lyft, Inc.Technology$5.9B66B13Twilio Inc.Technology$5.1B74B14Pinterest, Inc.Communication Services$4.2B72B15Maplebear Inc.Technology$3.7B64C16DocuSign, Inc.Technology$3.2B69B17Sunrun Inc.Energy$3.0B66B18Okta, Inc.Technology$2.9B73B19Dropbox, Inc.Technology$2.5B64C20Hims & Hers Health, Inc.Healthcare$2.3B68B21Reddit, Inc.Communication Services$2.2B74B22Chime Financial, Inc. Class A Common StockFinancial Services$2.2B34D23Cloudflare, Inc.Technology$2.2B59C24Unity Software Inc.Technology$1.8B54D25Samsara Inc.Technology$1.6B61C

HQ-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
Professional services26%
Information25%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance12%
Retail trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
826,079
residents · 2025 · -5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $171.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−79,909
International migration+33,351
Natural change+3,211

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$207.3B
2019
$215.1B
2020
$250.2B
2021
$245.7B
2022
$258.8B
2023
$268.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$1.4M±$20.6k
Median gross rent
$2.5k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±0.5%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
1,444 (1.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$3.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Landslide 98Heat wave 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2264
2016
2369
2017
2542
2018
2580
2019
2410
2020
2412
2021
2685
2022
2658
2023
2726
2024
2740
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

327 filings from 70 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KSuRo Capital Corp.07-08
8-KNeutron Holdings, Inc.07-06
8-KOuster, Inc.07-06
DEF 14AGT Biopharma, Inc.07-02
8-KHims & Hers Health, Inc.07-01
8-KPrologis, Inc.07-01
8-KAllbirds, Inc.07-01
8-KJaguar Health, Inc.07-01
8-KCloudflare, Inc.06-30
8-KAmerican Shared Hospital Services06-30
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$167.1k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Miami-Dade$260.8BFulton$243.6BMiddlesex$240.7BSan Mateo$217.0BSan Diego$331.9BTravis$202.7B
The read

San Francisco's economy produced $268.3B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.

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.
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