Exactly 690 of the 6,060 creative writing professionals employed in California, work in San Francisco. Between 2006 and 2010, in San Francisco, there has been a 1% decline in the number of creative writing professionals. As the number of creative writing professionals in San Francisco has decreased, overall employment in San Francisco has increased.

• Grey: California
• Dark Yellow: San Francisco

• Light Blue: Creative Writing in San Francisco
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in San Francisco

As the number of creative writing professionals in San Francisco has shrunk, salaries for creative writing professionals have also decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $67,880 per year was earned by creative writing professionals in San Francisco. Four years earlier in 2006, creative writing professionals in San Francisco made an average salary of $71,550 per year. The decline in the salary of creative writing professionals in San Francisco is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Creative writing professionals in San Francisco make a median yearly salary of $60,150. The difference in pay between the creative writing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 240%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $30,730 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $104,430 per year.

On average creative writing professionals in San Francisco earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in San Francisco.

Many of San Francisco's creative writing professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited creative writing schools in the city.

San Francisco's creative writing school offers one creative writing degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 25 students completed creative writing courses.