California Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Paramedics	$74,590	5,190	View salary detail
Concierges	$43,560	5,150	View salary detail
Lodging Managers	$76,950	5,070	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$165,590	4,900	View salary detail
Orderlies	$49,920	4,870	View salary detail
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	$98,110	4,860	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	$101,530	4,860	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$40,380	4,830	View salary detail
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$39,860	4,770	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$51,030	4,760	View salary detail
Brokerage Clerks	$77,960	4,740	View salary detail
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	$53,790	4,730	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$44,410	4,710	View salary detail
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film	$106,900	4,700	View salary detail
Semiconductor Processing Technicians	$48,030	4,650	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers	$131,210	4,550	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$130,410	4,550	View salary detail
Tapers	$73,460	4,540	View salary detail
Surveyors	$105,330	4,520	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$105,330	4,520	View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians	$47,410	4,480	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,340	4,410	View salary detail
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers	$37,350	4,360	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$61,210	4,330	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$100,260	4,310	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,300	4,210	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$106,000	4,200	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$61,250	4,190	View salary detail
Midwives	$75,800	4,180	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$75,800	4,180	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$99,520	4,160	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$67,840	4,130	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$47,040	4,080	View salary detail
Sound Engineering Technicians	$78,150	4,060	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$42,860	3,990	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$54,200	3,990	View salary detail
Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$64,550	3,890	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$46,000	3,880	View salary detail
Taxi Drivers	$39,260	3,880	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,880	3,870	View salary detail
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$39,300	3,850	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$81,770	3,840	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$69,050	3,820	View salary detail
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$130,680	3,810	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$47,500	3,760	View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other	$48,870	3,710	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$87,390	3,660	View salary detail
Automotive Engineering Technicians	$87,390	3,660	View salary detail
Mechanical Drafters	$82,510	3,640	View salary detail
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$129,150	3,610	View 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.