SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco still lags significantly behind many other major US cities when it comes to workers returning to the office. The City by the Bay is tied for the lowest return-to-office (RTO) rate of the major cities in the March 2025 Office Index recovery report released by Placer.ai last week.
Of the 11 cities mentioned in the report, SF was tied with Chicago in last place with both cities attracting 44.6% fewer office visits than pre-pandemic. That’s almost 2 full points below the next lowest cities — Los Angeles, which is 42.8% down, and Denver, which is 41.8% down.
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SF is also over 12 points behind the national average of 32.2% fewer office visits than before the pandemic. This is despite RTO mandates from several major employers, including Salesforce, the city’s largest private employer. SF-based retail giant Gap Inc. has also announced a full RTO mandate, however, that’s not set to take effect until September.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie also ordered city workers back into the office four days a week earlier this year.
On the other side of the spectrum, New York City leads the RTO charge with only 11.4% fewer office visits recorded in March of 2025, compared to March of 2019. Close behind was Miami, with 17.3% fewer office visits, followed by Atlanta with 29.3% fewer.
Notably, however, was that San Francisco saw high year-over-year gains than most other cities, with a 9.6% increase in office visits since last year. Only Boston at 10.2% and Washington D.C. at 9.8% boasted better year-over-year gains.
Los Angeles saw the slowest year-over-year gains, with only a 2.2% increase in office visits since last year.
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