4,340 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 696 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in South San Francisco, CA — of 4,340 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $156,800 median of 538 | 538 |
| FY2025 | $146,000 median of 696 | 696 |
| FY2024 | $145,000 median of 732 | 732 |
| FY2023 | $141,000 median of 695 | 695 |
| FY2022 | $132,050 median of 946 | 946 |
| FY2021 | $124,405 median of 731 | 731 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from South San Francisco, CA fall inside the federal statistical area SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND-HAYWARD, CA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is South San Francisco itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Genentech, Inc. | $140,213 median of 743 | 743 |
| Stripe, Inc. | $167,149 median of 400 | 400 |
| ZS Associates, Inc. | $165,300 median of 264 | 264 |
| Zipline International Inc. | $161,637 median of 205 | 205 |
| Amgen Inc. | $131,473 median of 166 | 166 |
| Verily Life Sciences LLC | $155,000 median of 153 | 153 |
| Abbvie Biotherapeutics Inc. | $133,000 median of 146 | 146 |
| Tech Mahindra (Americas), Inc | $120,932 median of 85 | 85 |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | $137,540 median of 82 | 82 |
| Saama Technologies, LLC | $140,000 median of 70 | 70 |
| Twist Bioscience Corporation | $148,095 median of 62 | 62 |
| Insitro, Inc. | $120,000 median of 61 | 61 |
| Calico Life Sciences LLC | $156,000 median of 57 | 57 |
| Denali Therapeutics Inc. | $139,000 median of 42 | 42 |
| Abbvie Inc. | $147,000 median of 41 | 41 |
| Sana Biotechnology, Inc. | $131,000 median of 39 | 39 |
| MRL San Francisco LLC | $125,000 median of 38 | 38 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | $100,037 median of 36 | 36 |
| Incedo, Inc. | $131,685 median of 34 | 34 |
| Cytokinetics, Inc. | $130,437 median of 31 | 31 |
| AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | $140,000 median of 29 | 29 |
| Freenome Holdings, Inc. | $172,280 median of 29 | 29 |
| ProcDNA, LLC | $122,908 median of 26 | 26 |
| Veracyte, Inc. | $135,200 median of 25 | 25 |
| Mission Bio, Inc. | $90,000 median of 24 | 24 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 555 employers in total filed for a worksite in South San Francisco; the 25 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in South San Francisco, CA, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (144) · Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. (128) · Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (46) · Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (26) · Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (25) · CytomX Therapeutics, Inc. (20) · NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (16) · Alector LLC (12) · Nkarta, Inc. (11) · PACT Pharma, Inc. (10)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in South San Francisco
We have loaded California WARN notices (2018-11-15 to 2026-08-24, 13,739 notices). Layoff notices for a specific company appear on that company's page.
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.