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Baggage Porters and Bellhops pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Baggage Porters and Bellhops is $51,900 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $35,640 per year in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 45.6% above San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-6011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 500 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 40 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.