Marriage and Family Therapist salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Berkeley, Novato, Oakland, Walnut Creek, San Rafael.

Median salary$89,075
Middle 50%$72.4k–$95.4k
vs. national median+23%comparison median $72,565
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,475 and $136,137.
PercentileSalary
10th$69,015
25th$72,400
50th (median)$89,075
75th$95,400
90th$102,640

Cost of living

San Francisco's median Marriage and Family Therapist salary of $89,075 is worth about $77,000 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Marriage and Family Therapists in the San Francisco, CA area earned a median of $77,210 in May 2025. The H-1B median here is $89,075, 15% higher.

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
Buckelew Programstoo few2
Edtheorytoo few2
North East Medical Servicestoo few2
Partnerships for Trauma Recoverytoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.