Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood Salary — San Francisco, California

The average Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in San Francisco, California earns $51,580 a year.

$51,580 / year, mean
↑ 15.6% above national average 86th percentile in California

San Francisco pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's a solid premium over the national average for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.5%
Cost of living 116 #1 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,149,215 #3 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $133,780 #2 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Francisco ranks #1 for cost of living and #3 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Baltimore $70,870 Santa Cruz $56,260 Longview $56,090 Seattle $55,770 San Jose $54,030 Mount Vernon $52,750 Portland $51,690 San Francisco $51,580 Santa Rosa $51,070 Vallejo $50,960 New York $50,530 Eugene $49,770 Medford $49,420 Stockton $49,270 Redding $49,030 Sacramento $48,170 Spokane $47,940 Albany $47,750 Philadelphia $47,220 Chico $46,860 Los Angeles $46,770 Bellingham $46,740 Lansing $46,520 Salem $46,350 Lancaster $46,020 Kiryas Joel $45,510 Elkhart $45,340 Chicago $45,300 Riverside $44,970 Reading $44,810 Rochester $43,900 Albany $43,650 Modesto $43,630 Williamsport $43,600 Indianapolis $43,540 Harrisburg $43,520 Pittsburgh $43,490 Grand Rapids $43,470 Orlando $43,410 Fresno $43,340 York $43,320 Utica $43,270 Allentown $43,010 Austin $42,890 Detroit $42,860 Louisville $42,810 Jacksonville $42,730 Syracuse $42,120 Scranton $41,650 Fort Wayne $41,570 Binghamton $41,430 Yuba City $41,290 Miami $41,020 Tampa $41,010 Dallas $40,280 South Bend $40,030 Lakeland $39,790 Virginia Beach $39,590 Lynchburg $38,790 Buffalo $38,520 Houston $38,520 Richmond $37,770 San Antonio $35,950 Huntington $34,910 Roanoke $34,890 Longview $31,320
CityMean salaryvs. San Francisco
Albany, Oregon$47,750-7.4%
Albany, New York$43,650-15.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$43,010-16.6%
Austin, Texas$42,890-16.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$70,870+37.4%
Bellingham, Washington$46,740-9.4%
Binghamton, New York$41,430-19.7%
Buffalo, New York$38,520-25.3%
Chicago, Illinois$45,300-12.2%
Chico, California$46,860-9.2%
Dallas, Texas$40,280-21.9%
Detroit, Michigan$42,860-16.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$45,340-12.1%
Eugene, Oregon$49,770-3.5%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$41,570-19.4%
Fresno, California$43,340-16.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$43,470-15.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$43,520-15.6%
Houston, Texas$38,520-25.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$34,910-32.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$43,540-15.6%
Jacksonville, Florida$42,730-17.2%
Kiryas Joel, New York$45,510-11.8%
Lakeland, Florida$39,790-22.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$46,020-10.8%
Lansing, Michigan$46,520-9.8%
Longview, Texas$31,320-39.3%
Longview, Washington$56,090+8.7%
Los Angeles, California$46,770-9.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$42,810-17.0%
Lynchburg, Virginia$38,790-24.8%
Medford, Oregon$49,420-4.2%
Miami, Florida$41,020-20.5%
Modesto, California$43,630-15.4%
Mount Vernon, Washington$52,750+2.3%
New York, New York$50,530-2.0%
Orlando, Florida$43,410-15.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$47,220-8.5%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$43,490-15.7%
Portland, Oregon$51,690+0.2%
Reading, Pennsylvania$44,810-13.1%
Redding, California$49,030-4.9%
Richmond, Virginia$37,770-26.8%
Riverside, California$44,970-12.8%
Roanoke, Virginia$34,890-32.4%
Rochester, New York$43,900-14.9%
Sacramento, California$48,170-6.6%
Salem, Oregon$46,350-10.1%
San Antonio, Texas$35,950-30.3%
San Jose, California$54,030+4.7%
Santa Cruz, California$56,260+9.1%
Santa Rosa, California$51,070-1.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$41,650-19.3%
Seattle, Washington$55,770+8.1%
South Bend, Indiana$40,030-22.4%
Spokane, Washington$47,940-7.1%
Stockton, California$49,270-4.5%
Syracuse, New York$42,120-18.3%
Tampa, Florida$41,010-20.5%
Utica, New York$43,270-16.1%
Vallejo, California$50,960-1.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$39,590-23.2%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$43,600-15.5%
York, Pennsylvania$43,320-16.0%
Yuba City, California$41,290-19.9%
Gross salary
51,580/yr
Estimated take-home
42,337/yr
Est. total withheld
17.9%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Francisco

These notes add local color around San Francisco, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-7041 SOC code
Official area San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41860 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
OaklandFremont
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
4,653,593