100+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Observed local government pay is solid. BLS puts construction and extraction occupations in the metro at a $80,320 median annual wage, $90,820 mean annual wage, $111,370 at the 75th percentile, and $141,740 at the 90th percentile. Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations come in at a $76,070 median annual wage and $81,010 mean annual wage. Separately, the local posting sample centers on about $115k to $156k for annual salary listings, while hourly-paid postings center on about $28 to $33 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 128 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $54,046 at the 25th percentile, $62,400 at the median and $83,450 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable market, but not a broad boom. Metro unemployment was 4.6% in August 2026, yet local construction employment was 116 thousand and down -2.5210% year over year, while local manufacturing employment was 128.2 thousand and down -4.1137%. At the same time, the local market still showed more than 800 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, and California family postings were up 3.3% year over year even as statewide family employment was down 1.7%, which usually points to selective backfilling more than wide-open expansion.

Best positioned: Licensed or inspection-heavy candidates who can show safety compliance, troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, or quality-control depth have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake the Bay Area pay premium for an easy market; the best salaries cluster in management, inspection, and specialized hands-on roles, while generalized applicants face softer local payroll growth.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 142 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Essex Property Trust, Inc.: 10 open roles
2. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 7 open roles
3. Avalon Communities LLC: 4 open roles
4. City and County of San Francisco: 4 open roles
5. Equityapartments: 4 open roles
6. Sares Regis Group: 4 open roles
7. Asset Living: 3 open roles
8. Cbre: 3 open roles
9. John Stewart Co.: 3 open roles
10. Legacy Partners: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Francisco: 44
• Oakland: 15
• Hayward: 10
• San Leandro: 8
• Emeryville: 7
• Redwood City: 6
• Richmond: 5
• Berkeley: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 136 (100%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated more in construction delivery and building operations than in pure factory work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 45% of category demand and real estate about 30%, while manufacturing itself is only about 5% and food and beverage manufacturing another about 5%. We observed more than 800 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer mix is fragmented rather than dominated by one brand. That makes three paths more practical than a broad "manufacturing" search: public works and inspection, property/facilities maintenance, and project-delivery roles. San Francisco's active inspector recruitment spans roads, pipelines, tunnels, HVAC, electrical, and mechanical systems. Local postings also repeatedly call for plumbing, safety compliance, carpentry, painting, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, construction management, and quality control.

• Public works and inspection (high): The current City of San Francisco Construction Inspector recruitment is a direct local opening tied to roads, utilities, tunnels, HVAC, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Property and facilities maintenance (high): Real estate represents about 30% of local postings, and common requested skills include plumbing, carpentry, painting, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Construction management and project delivery (high): Construction is about 45% of the local posting mix, and construction management plus quality control appear among the most-requested skills.
• Pure manufacturing production (limited): Manufacturing itself makes up only about 5% of the local posting mix, so factory-only searches are narrower than the category name suggests.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site building, facilities, infrastructure, and compliance-heavy roles where you can prove maintenance or inspection depth, not on pure factory production as a Bay Area volume play.

Roles worth searching next

• Facilities coordinator / property operations coordinator: Real estate represents about 30% of local category postings, so maintenance workers who understand vendors, work orders, and turnovers can move into coordination roles around the same assets.
• Project coordinator / contract administrator: Construction workflow tools are increasingly used for scheduling, compliance documents, field reports, and quantity takeoffs, which makes experienced field people plausible coordinator candidates.
• Quality assurance / compliance technician: Quality control is already a requested local skill, and current city inspection work spans utilities, paving, HVAC, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Field service dispatcher / scheduler: Field service organizations are using AI to reduce scheduling and documentation work, creating adjacent openings for people who understand technician workflows even if they want less time on the tools.

What postings ask for

• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance appears among the most-requested hard skills locally, which makes it a baseline screen rather than a bonus. Who: Everyone applying to on-site trade, maintenance, or crew roles.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license is the certification most often named in local postings, which matters for site-to-site travel and service work. Who: Entry-level candidates, field techs, and career switchers.
• Preventative maintenance and troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): Preventative maintenance and troubleshooting both show up in local demand signals, and they travel well across property, field service, and equipment-facing roles. Who: Maintenance techs, HVAC candidates, and career switchers with mechanical aptitude.
• Quality control and inspection documentation (differentiator | near-term): Quality control is explicitly requested in local postings, and current city inspection work spans multiple trades and infrastructure systems. Who: Mid-career candidates aiming at inspection, superintendent, or public-works tracks.
• Construction management (premium | near-term): Construction management is one of the recurring local skill asks, and it aligns with the best-paying path in this market. Who: Foremen, supers, estimators, and experienced field leads.
• Low-GWP refrigerant and smart-controls literacy (premium | near-term): New HVAC systems switched to low-GWP refrigerants such as R-454B and R-32 effective January 1, 2026, and AI-powered controls are a major current HVAC change. Who: HVAC installers, service techs, and building-systems candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Observed local government pay is solid. BLS puts construction and extraction occupations in the metro at a $80,320 median annual wage, $90,820 mean annual wage, $111,370 at the 75th percentile, and $141,740 at the 90th percentile. Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations come in at a $76,070 median annual wage and $81,010 mean annual wage. Separately, the local posting sample centers on about $115k to $156k for annual salary listings, while hourly-paid postings center on about $28 to $33 / hour. This is a good-paying market by U.S. standards, but the category is wide and the pay premium is uneven. Salaried management, inspection, and specialized building-systems roles pull averages up more than entry hourly work does.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated more in construction delivery and building operations than in pure factory work. In the local posting mix, construction accounts for about 45% of category demand and real estate about 30%, while manufacturing itself is only about 5% and food and beverage manufacturing another about 5%. We observed more than 800 postings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, and the employer mix is fragmented rather than dominated by one brand. That makes three paths more practical than a broad "manufacturing" search: public works and inspection, property/facilities maintenance, and project-delivery roles. San Francisco's active inspector recruitment spans roads, pipelines, tunnels, HVAC, electrical, and mechanical systems. Local postings also repeatedly call for plumbing, safety compliance, carpentry, painting, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, construction management, and quality control.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from California and Hawaiian Sugar Company, Inc. (15 postings), Costco Wholesale Corp. (15 postings), Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (15 postings), Live AMC (15 postings), Avanath Capital Management, LLC (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% 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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