Salary Required
Salary required to live in San Francisco, CA
Three lifestyle tiers, back-solved from local rent, cost of living, and tax.
Modest
$100,000
Gross, single filer
- Housing: $3,400/mo
- Savings: $250/mo
- Discretionary: $600/mo
Comfortable
$147,000
Gross, single filer
- Housing: $3,910/mo
- Savings: $1,200/mo
- Discretionary: $1,500/mo
Aspirational
$228,000
Gross, single filer
- Housing: $5,440/mo
- Savings: $2,500/mo
- Discretionary: $2,800/mo
Local rent (1-BR)
$3,400/mo
COL index
244
100 = US average
Median home price
$1,400,000