Exactly 2,630 of the 62,460 mechanical engineering professionals employed in California, work in San Francisco. The number of mechanical engineering professionals in San Francisco has grown by 4% from 2006 to 2010. As the employment for mechanical engineering professionals in San Francisco has increased, overall employment in San Francisco has also increased.

• Grey: California
• Dark Yellow: San Francisco

• Light Blue: Mechanical Engineering in San Francisco
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in San Francisco

Salaries for mechanical engineering professionals in San Francisco have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $78,432 per year was earned by mechanical engineering professionals in San Francisco. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for mechanical engineering professionals in San Francisco was $67,478 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in San Francisco.

Mechanical engineering professionals make a median salary of $76,668 per year in San Francisco. The 10% of mechanical engineering professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $50,456 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 121% higher salaries.

Mechanical engineering professional salaries in San Francisco are, on average, higher than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of San Francisco's mechanical engineering professionals are graduates of the only accredited mechanical engineering school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in mechanical engineering offered by San Francisco's mechanical engineering school.

Approximately 23 students completed mechanical engineering courses in 2010.