Healthcare Administrator salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 32 certified H-1B filings in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Antioch, Brentwood, South San Francisco, Fremont, Foster City.

Also listed as: Medical and Health Services Manager

Median salary$158,557
Middle 50%$131.3k–$225.2k
vs. national median+49%comparison median $106,434
Filings32FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $101,457 and $304,359.
PercentileSalary
10th$104,000
25th$131,259
50th (median)$158,557
75th$225,160
90th$249,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$90k $140k $190k FY2020: median $122,160 (11 filings) FY2021: median $109,448 (10 filings) FY2022: median $130,771 (24 filings) FY2023: median $144,953 (26 filings) FY2024: median $156,000 (23 filings) FY2025: median $141,440 (19 filings) FY2026: median $180,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 11 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 24 filings FY22 FY2023: 26 filings FY23 FY2024: 23 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 26
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$122,160$109,138$157,82511
FY2021$109,448$83,250$130,04310
FY2022$130,771$110,000$180,69524
FY2023$144,953$115,419$179,99726
FY2024$156,000$128,538$188,60023
FY2025$141,440$112,018$200,00019
FY2026$180,000$153,500$240,00013

Cost of living

San Francisco's median Healthcare Administrator salary of $158,557 is worth about $137,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; San Francisco = 115.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Medical and Health Services Managers in the San Francisco, CA area earned a median of $166,310 in May 2025 (11,980 employed). The H-1B median here is $158,557, 5% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Lone Tree Animal Hospitaltoo few4
Sri Hanumatoo few3
BillionToOnetoo few2
Genentechtoo few2
Gilead Sciencestoo few2
Sri Ganeshtoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $104,000 10
Mid-level · Level II too few 3
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$103,667$104,00010

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.