Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in California

921 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in California for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Coaches and Scouts$47,66031,150View salary detail
Nursing Assistants$47,630110,060View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other$47,5901,870View salary detail
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners$47,580520View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides$47,5003,760View salary detail
Logging Workers, All Other$47,490270View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians$47,4101,630View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$47,4104,480View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$47,40055,700View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood$47,3903,230View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$47,3801,970View salary detail
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators$47,320740View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$47,3004,210View salary detail
Order Clerks$47,29012,390View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$47,2409,250View salary detail
Pest Control Workers$47,190—View salary detail
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$47,1502,320View salary detail
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$47,1302,500View salary detail
Floral Designers$47,0404,080View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$47,01017,840View salary detail
Data Entry Keyers$47,01014,520View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers$46,980130,190View salary detail
Foundry Mold and Coremakers$46,930420View salary detail
Tellers$46,90025,230View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers$46,8101,170View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,8103,190View salary detail
Aircraft Service Attendants$46,8002,300View salary detail
Light Truck Drivers$46,790111,950View salary detail
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$46,7605,600View salary detail
Residential Advisors$46,6508,120View salary detail
Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants$46,5602,620View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$46,52088,760View salary detail
Etchers and Engravers$46,4801,040View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians$46,4106,310View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria$46,39031,660View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians$46,38021,880View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing$46,3703,530View salary detail
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers$46,26016,080View salary detail
Demonstrators and Product Promoters$46,22018,140View salary detail
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons$46,2201,990View salary detail
Printing Press Operators$46,11012,320View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$46,1103,080View salary detail
Telemarketers$46,0003,880View salary detail
Massage Therapists$45,97014,600View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,8907,800View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$45,8803,870View salary detail
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$45,8702,370View salary detail
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping$45,7307,510View salary detail
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders$45,6001,630View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers$45,60034,480View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.