County profile
San Francisco, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#11 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$268.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
740,362
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
33,378
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$167.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
826,079
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$141.0k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
60.3%±0.8%
Poverty rate
11.2%±0.4%
Business applications
20,682 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,908
35.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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$15.4B78B+6DoorDash, Inc.Communication Services$13.7B71B7Airbnb, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$12.2B67B8Prologis, 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.Technology$3.0B68B18Okta, Inc.Technology$2.9B73B19Dropbox, Inc.Technology$2.5B64C20Hims & Hers Health, Inc.Healthcare$2.3B68B21Reddit, Inc.Communication Services$2.2B75B+22Chime Financial, Inc. Class A Common StockFinancial Services$2.2B33D23Cloudflare, Inc.Technology$2.2B59C24Unity Software Inc.Technology$1.8B54D25Samsara Inc.Technology$1.6B62CHQ-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
$207.3B2019
$215.1B2020
$250.2B2021
$245.7B2022
$258.8B2023
$268.3B2024
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
$287.6M
1,444 units · 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
22642016
23692017
25422018
25802019
24102020
24122021
26852022
26582023
27262024
27402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20212,5192021
2,0142022
1,1362023
7702024
1,4442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.6 km
I-280
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
JPBX
Nearest port
2.6 km
San Francisco Port, CA
Nearest commercial airport
16.1 km
SAN FRANCISCO INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):17,552,382 short tons/yr · San Francisco Port, CA, Port of Oakland, CA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR108 filings from 57 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$167.1k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of San Francisco?
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.