User Support Specialist salary in San Francisco, CA

Based on 10 certified H-1B filings in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Menlo Park, Dublin, Fremont, Oakland, South San Francisco.

Also listed as: User Support Specialist

Median salary$93,000
Middle 50%$78.5k–$103.6k
vs. national median+29%comparison median $72,103
Filings10FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $59,254 and $128,034.
PercentileSalary
10th$64,257
25th$78,500
50th (median)$93,000
75th$103,637
90th$110,335

Cost of living

San Francisco's median User Support Specialist salary of $93,000 is worth about $80,400 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Computer User Support Specialists in the San Francisco, CA area earned a median of $89,440 in May 2025 (10,770 employed). The H-1B median here is $93,000, 4% higher.

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

By experience level

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

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.