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Planning'Commerce report: San Francisco posted record jobs in 2013 and tech-sector wage growth
Summary
Planning Department staff presented the 2013 Commerce & Industry Inventory showing record employment (~612,000 jobs), strong tech sector growth, high average wages for tech jobs and increased building activity; commissioners sought clarification on methodology and data sources.
The commission received a briefing on the 2013 Commerce and Industry Inventory, an annual planning department report that compiles employment, office-space and building-activity data.
Staff reported roughly 612,000 jobs in San Francisco for 2013, tech-sector employment of about 37,500 (roughly 15% growth from 2012), an estimate of average tech wages in the six-figure range and record building permit intake (about 27,000 permits). Staff also described higher taxable retail sales and rising construction spending. Commissioners asked for clarifications on specific data points (office-square-foot totals on different pages, inclusion of online sales in taxable-retail figures), and staff noted sources such as Cushman & Wakefield and municipal revenue records.
The presentation sets context for later policy discussions (Prop M, housing and commercial strategies) rather than immediate action by the commission.
