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North America
Oakland
CA, United States
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Oakland compare to San Francisco?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Oakland is 16% better off vs in San Francisco
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Oakland compared to San Francisco, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$162,964
-$2,882 (-2%) vs San Francisco
Tax Rate: 38%
Weather
How does the weather in Oakland compare to San Francisco?
San Francisco has better overall weather
8.5/10(vs 8.7/10 in San Francisco)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
19°C(vs 19°C in San Francisco)
Average Low
11°C(same as San Francisco)
Sunshine Hours
2,950h/yr-112h/yr
Average High in hottest month
24°C(vs 22°C in San Francisco)
Average Low in coldest month
7°C(vs 8°C in San Francisco)
Rainy Days
48/yr(same as San Francisco)
Muggy Days
0/yr(same as San Francisco)
Cloud Cover
33%(same as San Francisco)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Oakland compare to San Francisco?
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Oakland has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than San Francisco.
Salary Converter
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