Supes, labor advocates: City’s workforce desperately needs affordable housing

November 9, 2021

According to a report released last month by Jobs with Justice, the Council of Community Housing Organizations, and San Francisco Labor Council, the overall area median income for San Francisco is $93,250, while the 2020 median annual income of union workers is considerably less at about $67,350.

Given such disparities, the report found that while occupations like registered nurses made about $4,000 monthly, that’s barely enough to afford a one bedroom apartment in The City, which according to market rental rates goes for about $3,289.

Firefighters, sanitation workers, transit workers and nonprofit workers, among other occupations, earn far less so face even more barriers to housing, according to the report.

The report also found over 40% of the city’s union workers live outside The City.