600+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Government wage data for this metro is strong but lagged: the latest BLS wage cuts put the category median around $145,000, the 25th percentile at $102,000, and the 75th percentile at $195,000. Recent posting-based signals are broadly similar, with advertised annual pay centered on about $140k to $187k and hourly postings centered on about $60 to $72 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 503 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $121,918 at the 25th percentile, $166,500 at the median and $236,205 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a good but selective market for Healthcare Practitioners in the Bay Area. Metro unemployment was 4.6% in August 2026, local Education and Health Services employment was up 2.7784% year over year, and the metro had about 115,000 healthcare practitioner and technical workers in the latest occupation estimate. The selective part is that California healthcare-practitioner employment was up 1.9% year over year while active postings for the same occupation group were down 7.3% year over year, which usually means jobs still exist but employers can screen harder. Pay remains attractive, with a local median around $145,000 and posted salary ranges centered on about $140k to $187k, but San Francisco living costs remain roughly 80 percent above the national average.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to already-licensed clinicians with 2-5 years of patient-facing experience who can show Epic/EHR fluency, strong clinical documentation, patient assessment, and comfort with telehealth workflows.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming the headline pay means an easy search: about 60% of sampled roles skew mid-career, about 90% are on-site, and only about 5% of postings that state a sponsorship policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 629 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. One Medical: 47 open roles
2. UCSF Health, AG: 36 open roles
3. UCSF Health: 33 open roles
4. Sutter Health: 32 open roles
5. Kaiser Permanente International: 26 open roles
6. 21hhs: 15 open roles
7. DaVita Inc.: 11 open roles
8. Select Physical Therapy: 11 open roles
9. Maine Academy of Family Physicians: 10 open roles
10. Affinity Hospice: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Francisco: 188
• Oakland: 91
• Walnut Creek: 32
• San Mateo: 27
• Berkeley: 22
• Burlingame: 20
• Redwood City: 20
• San Leandro: 18

Work arrangement

on-site 531 (89%), hybrid 34 (6%), remote 34 (6%)

Where the demand is

The widest pool of openings is not in one specialty but across a broad provider footprint. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,400 practitioner postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring appeared fragmented rather than dominated by a single employer. Within that sample, the most-active industries were hospitals and health care (about 40%) and healthcare (about 40%), which points job seekers first toward provider organizations rather than peripheral sectors. Named employers recurring most often included One Medical (more than 75), ABL Health Care, LLC (more than 50), Sutter Health (more than 50), UCSF Health, AG (more than 40), Kaiser Permanente International (more than 40), 21hhs (more than 30), and UCSF Health (more than 30). That mix suggests three practical lanes: integrated systems, ambulatory and urgent care, and community or home-based care. Recent local developments reinforce the outpatient lane. Sutter Health opened a new urgent care clinic in Mission Bay that operates seven days a week and includes four exam rooms, portable X-ray equipment, and lab services, while a separate workforce partnership linked Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente's Diablo region, and John Muir Health with local colleges on training and hiring pipeline planning.

• Integrated health systems (high): UCSF Health, Kaiser Permanente International, and Sutter Health are among the most consistently named local employers, and hospitals and health care accounts for about 40% of the sample.
• Outpatient and same-day care (high): One Medical appears most often in the recent employer sample, and Sutter's new Mission Bay urgent care adds another local same-day care site.
• Home health and community-based care (moderate): ABL Health Care, LLC and 21hhs appear repeatedly in the sample, making this a workable lane for clinicians who prefer field-based or lower-acuity settings.

Where to focus: Start with integrated systems and outpatient clinics where EHR fluency and workflow efficiency matter, then keep home health and community care as a second lane for faster interview traction.

Roles worth searching next

• Clinical documentation improvement specialist: Local demand strongly rewards documentation, patient assessment, and treatment-planning skills, so clinicians with bedside and chart-review experience can move into documentation-focused roles.
• Epic trainer or clinical informatics analyst: Epic/EHR skill demand is explicit locally, and AI-fluency signals make workflow translators more valuable than before.
• Care coordinator or patient navigator: Patient assessment, patient education, and telehealth transfer naturally into coordination and follow-up roles.
• Clinical research coordinator: Academic and system employers such as UCSF-linked organizations appear often locally, and protocol-driven documentation skills translate well into research operations.

What postings ask for

• Epic / EHR proficiency (differentiator | immediate): Regional skill signals explicitly name Electronic Health Records and Epic Systems proficiency, and the local posting sample also heavily rewards documentation-heavy workflows. Who: All licensed clinicians, especially applicants moving between care settings.
• Clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Clinical documentation is the most-requested hard skill in the recent local sample at about 20% of postings. Who: New grads, bedside clinicians, and anyone whose resume currently lists duties without charting quality or workflow detail.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment shows up both in regional proxy skill signals and in the local posting sample, making it central across multiple practitioner subroles. Who: RNs, APPs, therapists, urgent-care candidates, and switchers trying to prove recent clinical readiness.
• Telehealth care delivery (differentiator | near-term): Telehealth remains a named local demand area, which matters for ambulatory, primary care, behavioral health, and follow-up heavy roles. Who: Candidates targeting outpatient, primary care, behavioral health, or hybrid follow-up roles.
• BLS / CPR (table_stakes | immediate): Basic Life Support and CPR are the most commonly named certifications in the local sample, so missing them can get you screened out before specialty fit is even discussed. Who: Entry-level applicants, switchers, and anyone with expiring credentials.
• Treatment planning and patient education (differentiator | immediate): Treatment planning and patient education appear repeatedly in local skill signals, which means employers want clinicians who can turn assessment into adherence and follow-through. Who: Therapists, nurses, APPs, and ambulatory clinicians.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Government wage data for this metro is strong but lagged: the latest BLS wage cuts put the category median around $145,000, the 25th percentile at $102,000, and the 75th percentile at $195,000. Recent posting-based signals are broadly similar, with advertised annual pay centered on about $140k to $187k and hourly postings centered on about $60 to $72 / hour. These are premium Bay Area numbers: the local median sits above the mean offered salary on new California healthcare-practitioner openings of ~$126,130, which suggests the metro still pays a location and specialization premium.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA concentrated?

The widest pool of openings is not in one specialty but across a broad provider footprint. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,400 practitioner postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring appeared fragmented rather than dominated by a single employer. Within that sample, the most-active industries were hospitals and health care (about 40%) and healthcare (about 40%), which points job seekers first toward provider organizations rather than peripheral sectors. Named employers recurring most often included One Medical (more than 75), ABL Health Care, LLC (more than 50), Sutter Health (more than 50), UCSF Health, AG (more than 40), Kaiser Permanente International (more than 40), 21hhs (more than 30), and UCSF Health (more than 30). That mix suggests three practical lanes: integrated systems, ambulatory and urgent care, and community or home-based care. Recent local developments reinforce the outpatient lane. Sutter Health opened a new urgent care clinic in Mission Bay that operates seven days a week and includes four exam rooms, portable X-ray equipment, and lab services, while a separate workforce partnership linked Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente's Diablo region, and John Muir Health with local colleges on training and hiring pipeline planning.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from One Medical (75 postings), ABL Health Care, LLC (50 postings), Sutter Health (50 postings), UCSF Health, AG (40 postings), Kaiser Permanente International (40 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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