Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators Salary — San Francisco, California

The average Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators in San Francisco, California earns $105,680 a year.

$105,680 / year, mean
↑ 76.3% above national average 67th percentile in California

San Francisco sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators than the U.S. average. 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)
260
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.

Riverside $105,890 San Francisco $105,680 Seattle $98,470 Chicago $80,770 Eugene $79,220 Portland $77,260 Springfield $77,050 Fort Wayne $76,350 San Diego $75,740 New York $74,700 Yakima $73,300 Bend $68,590 Salem $67,130 Albany $65,580 Albany $64,250 Syracuse $63,560 Kiryas Joel $62,670 Rochester $62,090 Baltimore $61,920 Louisville $61,240 Utica $61,100 Buffalo $60,990 Hagerstown $59,880 Indianapolis $58,720 Evansville $58,520 Lancaster $57,860 Battle Creek $55,940 South Bend $55,890 Detroit $55,560 Huntington $55,120 Allentown $55,050 Binghamton $55,010 Kalamazoo $54,950 Watertown $54,550 Grand Rapids $53,940 Beaumont $53,920 Pittsburgh $53,760 Philadelphia $53,720 Lansing $52,420 Austin $52,120 Elkhart $52,060 Dallas $51,770 Fort Myers $51,550 Richmond $50,500 Odessa $50,420 Winchester $50,030 Sarasota $49,960 Houston $49,560 Vineland $49,480 Deltona $49,310 Miami $48,900 Orlando $48,800 San Antonio $48,540 Jacksonville $48,530 Tampa $48,480 Atlantic City $47,980 Palm Bay $47,910 Waco $47,740 Wildwood $47,590 Naples $47,540 Virginia Beach $46,710 Lubbock $46,290 Lakeland $44,750 McAllen $44,680 Corpus Christi $44,040 Gainesville $43,990 College Station $43,960 Roanoke $43,940 Tyler $43,940 Tallahassee $43,390 El Paso $40,940
CityMean salaryvs. San Francisco
Albany, Oregon$65,580-37.9%
Albany, New York$64,250-39.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$55,050-47.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$47,980-54.6%
Austin, Texas$52,120-50.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$61,920-41.4%
Battle Creek, Michigan$55,940-47.1%
Beaumont, Texas$53,920-49.0%
Bend, Oregon$68,590-35.1%
Binghamton, New York$55,010-47.9%
Buffalo, New York$60,990-42.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$51,550-51.2%
Chicago, Illinois$80,770-23.6%
College Station, Texas$43,960-58.4%
Corpus Christi, Texas$44,040-58.3%
Dallas, Texas$51,770-51.0%
Deltona, Florida$49,310-53.3%
Detroit, Michigan$55,560-47.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$52,060-50.7%
El Paso, Texas$40,940-61.3%
Eugene, Oregon$79,220-25.0%
Evansville, Indiana$58,520-44.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$76,350-27.8%
Gainesville, Florida$43,990-58.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$53,940-49.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$59,880-43.3%
Houston, Texas$49,560-53.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$55,120-47.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$58,720-44.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$48,530-54.1%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$54,950-48.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$62,670-40.7%
Lakeland, Florida$44,750-57.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$57,860-45.2%
Lansing, Michigan$52,420-50.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$61,240-42.1%
Lubbock, Texas$46,290-56.2%
McAllen, Texas$44,680-57.7%
Miami, Florida$48,900-53.7%
Naples, Florida$47,540-55.0%
New York, New York$74,700-29.3%
Sarasota, Florida$49,960-52.7%
Odessa, Texas$50,420-52.3%
Orlando, Florida$48,800-53.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$47,910-54.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$53,720-49.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$53,760-49.1%
Portland, Oregon$77,260-26.9%
Richmond, Virginia$50,500-52.2%
Riverside, California$105,890+0.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$43,940-58.4%
Rochester, New York$62,090-41.2%
Salem, Oregon$67,130-36.5%
San Antonio, Texas$48,540-54.1%
San Diego, California$75,740-28.3%
Seattle, Washington$98,470-6.8%
South Bend, Indiana$55,890-47.1%
Springfield, Illinois$77,050-27.1%
Syracuse, New York$63,560-39.9%
Tallahassee, Florida$43,390-58.9%
Tampa, Florida$48,480-54.1%
Tyler, Texas$43,940-58.4%
Utica, New York$61,100-42.2%
Vineland, New Jersey$49,480-53.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$46,710-55.8%
Waco, Texas$47,740-54.8%
Watertown, New York$54,550-48.4%
Wildwood, Florida$47,590-55.0%
Winchester, Virginia$50,030-52.7%
Yakima, Washington$73,300-30.6%
Gross salary
105,680/yr
Estimated take-home
77,440/yr
Est. total withheld
26.7%

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 47-2071 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