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Finding a job in San Francisco can be challenging, especially if you're competing for positions in popular industries or if you're new to the job market. However, there are many resources available to help job seekers, including job search engines, recruiters, and networking events.

For example, HUD defined “Low Income Limits” in San Francisco as $82,200 for an individual and $117,400 for a family of four in 2018, based on 80% of the area's median income.

"San Francisco tops the list in the Bay Area at $131,000," Rebecca Sowell with Consumer Affairs said. "That's the minimum income in order to live a comfortable lifestyle."

In the San Francisco metropolitan division, there are 6% more “professional, scientific and technical services” and 31% more “information” jobs now than in 2019. Most of that job growth happened from early 2021 to mid-2022. Job numbers for these industries have come down recently as companies executed layoffs.

If you're new to working for the City and County of San Francisco, you might be surprised to learn that the hiring process can take time. The average time it takes to become an employee of the city can range from 2-7 months from the submission of an application.

The median household income in SF is less than 100k. At 200k, you make more than twice that. If you're just "scraping by" with 200k, then I can't even imagine what people making less than the median are doing. Child care in San Francisco, the kind that goes from 8am to 6pm, runs over $2500 a month.

University of San Francisco admissions has an acceptance rate of 71% and an early acceptance rate of 83%.