Tellers Salary in San Francisco, CA

Tellers pay range in San Francisco

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,830 a year or less, while the top 10% make $59,300 or more. The middle half of tellers in San Francisco earn between $48,260 and $58,470.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Tellers salary after taxes in San Francisco

On the average salary of $52,150, a single filer in San Francisco takes home about $42,761 a year, or $3,563 a month and $1,645 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). California State Disability Insurance (1.3% of wages, paid by employees) is not included.

Is San Francisco a good place for tellers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the San Francisco area are 16% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 115.6), so the average $52,150 buys what about $45,107 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in San Francisco ($74,260). A typical home costs $1,149,215, or 22.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Tellers salary in other California cities

San Francisco ranks 2nd of 25 California metro areas for this job; San Jose pays the most ($53,320).

All Tellers salaries in California

Highest-paying cities for tellers

Seattle, WA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($53,430).

Tellers salary by city

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