Earn from caring for pets in San Francisco
Set your own rates for walking, drop-ins, daycare, boarding, and house sitting across San Francisco. Keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
Petme is live in San Francisco. Get verified and start accepting requests in your neighborhood.
Local know-how pays off in San Francisco
Microclimates run cold-and-foggy in Inner Sunset and warm in the Mission within the same afternoon. SF sitters layer for the Outer Avenues and watch for foxtail grass burrs at Fort Funston and Crissy Field.
When demand peaks
Tuesday-through-Thursday daycare and drop-in demand spikes in lockstep with the city's hybrid-RTO calendar. Boarding peaks during ski-week (mid-February), spring break, and the September-to-November conference-travel window.
Know your San Francisco routes
Most bookings cluster Mission to the Marina. Owners look for sitters who know the local parks, leash rules, and the breeds they keep, from Goldendoodle, French Bulldog, Border Collie.
Keep up to 90%
You set your own rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 90% of every booking.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in San Francisco. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking with sitter cashback.
Dog walking
$28 to $45 per walk
Drop-in visits
$30 to $50 per visit
Doggy daycare
$60 to $95 per day
Dog boarding
$70 to $120 per night
House sitting
$70 to $120 per night
San Francisco areas that book the most
Petme bookings in San Francisco come from neighborhoods like Mission District, Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.
San Francisco has no dog-walker permit; Recreation and Parks requires a Professional Dog Walker permit only when walking 4 to 8 dogs commercially in city parks ($600 annual + insurance). Petme sitters who walk 1 to 3 dogs at a time do not need it.
Built for sitters in San Francisco
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and sitter cashback pushes your take-home toward 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protected on every booking
$20,000 in vet protection comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
Pet Sitting Jobs in San Francisco
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in San Francisco.
How much can I earn as a pet sitter in San Francisco?
On Petme in San Francisco, dog walking runs $28 to $45 per walk, drop-in visits runs $30 to $50 per visit, doggy daycare runs $60 to $95 per day, dog boarding runs $70 to $120 per night, house sitting runs $70 to $120 per night. With sitter cashback you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Which services should I offer first in San Francisco?
Most new sitters start with dog walking and drop-in visits, then add boarding or daycare once they have a few five-star reviews and know their schedule.
Where is demand strongest in San Francisco?
Petme bookings in San Francisco come from neighborhoods like Mission District, Noe Valley, Bernal Heights, across walks, drop-in visits, daycare, and boarding.
Can I set my own rates and hours in San Francisco?
Yes. You set a rate for each service and your own available hours, and you accept or decline each request. No assigned shifts, no minimum hours.
What protection comes with each booking?
Every Petme booking includes $20,000 in vet protection for the pet in your care, at no cost to you or the owner.
Pet sitting jobs near San Francisco
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in San Francisco
Set your own rate. $20,000 vet protection on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.