South San Francisco Jobs

South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 60,552 at the 2000 census. The city lies north of San Francisco International Airport in a small valley between San Bruno Mountain and the Coast Range. The city is served by two major highways, U.S. Route 101 and Interstate 280. A BART station opened in South San Francisco in 2003, supplementing Caltrain service to San Francisco and San Jose. The city's small downtown and several aging residential subdivisions, such as Sunshine Gardens, Avalon Park, Winston Manor, and Rancho Buri Buri, are located west of Highway 101, while the area east of Highway 101 is dominated by bland industrial complexes interspersed with futuristic office parks, particularly the Oyster Point Marina. The extreme western portions of the city near Interstate 280 sit along a hillside and offer views of San Francisco Bay. This area is known to...more

Much of what is now South San Francisco was initially agricultural land, and was originally known as "Baden". Small pockets of farmland still exist near San Bruno Mountain, but these lands are disappearing quickly because of the demand for housing and retail development. Acres of Orchids, founded by the Rod McLellan Company in the late 1920s, was one such victim of housing development. Once one of the largest facilities in the United States producing orchids and gardenias, the nursery closed in 1998 . A new housing tract now sits upon the land formerly occupied by Acres of Orchids greenhouses. South San Francisco is considered to be an important hub of the biotech industry. The city is home to Genentech, one of the world's largest biotech companies, as well as a satellite office of Amgen, the world's largest biotech firm. Many other biotech companies have also started or moved to South San Francisco to be in proximity to the UCSF, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley; all are within a...more

Among the most common occupations in South San Francisco are Sales and office occupations, 31%; Management, professional, and related occupations, 29%; and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 78 percent of workers in South San Francisco, California work for companies, 12 percent work for the government and 5 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in South San Francisco, California are Educational, health and social services, 14%; Retail trade, 11%; and Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services, 10%. Simply Hired's South San Francisco job listings indicate that the following industries in South San Francisco are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in South San Francisco, California is $38,447, and the median income of households in South San Francisco was $61,764.

According to our South San Francisco Trends data, the number of South San Francisco, California jobs has decreased by 28% since October 2011.

Population of South San Francisco Total population 60,552 Male 49.56% Female 50.44% Median age 35.7     South San Francisco Housing Owner-occupied homes 62.5% Median cost of a home $352,900 Median mortgage payment $1,493 Renter-occupied homes 37.5% Vacant housing 2.3% Median monthly rent $1,057     Average Income Median for all male full-time $41,442 Median for all female full-time $35,452     Household Income Less than $10,000 4% $10,000 to $14,999 3% $15,000 to $24,999 8% $25,000 to $34,999 9% $35,000 to $49,999 14% $50,000 to $74,999 23% $75,000 to $99,999 17% $100,000 to $149,999 15% $150,000 to $199,999 4% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 9% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 11% High school graduate 24% Some college, no degree 22% Associate's degree 8% Bachelor's degree 19% Graduate degree 6%     Marital Status Never married 29% Currently married 53% Separated 2% Widowed 7% Divorced 9%     Race White 47% Black or African American 3% Asian 31% Other 18%     South San Francisco Commute Carpool 16.9% Public transportation 9.2% Average travel time 27 minutes