San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area spans 5 counties and had 4,648,486 residents in 2024. Its economy produced $801.3 billion that year.

California5 countiesPart of San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA

GDP, 2024$801.3B#4 of 387 · +5.4% nominal

Income per person, 2024$136,552#5 of 387

Unemployment, 20254.4%#260 of 387 · #1 = lowest

Price level, 2024 (US = 100)115.6#1 of 387 · #1 = most expensive

Fig. 1Income, people and outputSums of BEA county estimates for the metro area

San Francisco, CAUnited States

BEA county estimates (CAINC1, CAGDP1) summed over the 5 counties of the metro area; current dollars.

Industries, 2024

Share of the metro economy; blank where BEA suppresses a county figure.

By year

Industry	Value added	Share	US share
Real estate	$95.3B	11.9%	13.7%
Government	$58.0B	7.2%	11.1%
Manufacturing	$72.0B	9.0%	9.5%
Finance & insurance	$51.3B	6.4%	8.7%
Professional services	$117.2B	14.6%	8.0%
Health care	$43.3B	5.4%	7.5%
Wholesale trade	—	—	6.3%
Retail trade	$32.9B	4.1%	5.9%
Information	$158.4B	19.8%	5.7%
Construction	$23.6B	2.9%	4.3%
Transportation & warehousing	$31.8B	4.0%	3.3%
Accommodation & food	$19.1B	2.4%	3.1%
Administrative & waste services	$23.1B	2.9%	3.0%
Other services	$12.9B	1.6%	2.0%
Management of companies	$13.4B	1.7%	1.8%
Utilities	—	—	1.6%
Mining, oil & gas	$222M	0.0%	1.3%
Education	$6.8B	0.9%	1.1%
Arts & recreation	$6.2B	0.8%	1.0%
Agriculture	—	—	0.8%

Fig. 2Unemployment rate since 2015Monthly, not seasonally adjusted, percent

BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, metropolitan areas.

Counties in the metro area

OMB delineation of July 2023 (Census Bureau, list 1).

County	State	Type	FIPS
Alameda County	California	Central	06001
Contra Costa County	California	Outlying	06013
Marin County	California	Central	06041
San Francisco County	California	Central	06075
San Mateo County	California	Central	06081