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
Construction Managers	$133,160	34,750	View salary detail
Chief Executives	$218,600	34,700	View salary detail
Chief Sustainability Officers	$218,600	34,700	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$45,600	34,480	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$129,790	34,110	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$129,790	34,110	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$129,790	34,110	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$129,790	34,110	View salary detail
Pharmacists	$164,610	34,030	View salary detail
Social and Community Service Managers	$83,210	33,510	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$78,260	33,180	View salary detail
Logistics Analysts	$92,890	32,940	View salary detail
Logisticians	$92,890	32,940	View salary detail
Logistics Engineers	$92,890	32,940	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$85,030	32,710	View salary detail
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	$124,600	32,680	View salary detail
Industrial Engineers	$124,600	32,680	View salary detail
Manufacturing Engineers	$124,600	32,680	View salary detail
Validation Engineers	$124,600	32,680	View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$39,010	32,430	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$62,090	32,320	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$130,330	32,200	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$64,500	31,670	View salary detail
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$46,390	31,660	View salary detail
Firefighters	$85,120	31,470	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$159,950	31,370	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$47,660	31,150	View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	$87,460	31,010	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$63,520	30,960	View salary detail
Cooks, Short Order	$42,930	30,740	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$36,910	30,730	View salary detail
Supply Chain Managers	$123,780	30,540	View salary detail
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$123,780	30,540	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineers	$130,900	30,530	View salary detail
Automotive Engineers	$130,900	30,530	View salary detail
Fuel Cell Engineers	$130,900	30,530	View salary detail
Bakers	$43,120	30,020	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$44,730	29,940	View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$136,990	29,830	View salary detail
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers	$210,280	29,630	View salary detail
Architectural and Engineering Managers	$210,280	29,630	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$62,700	28,700	View salary detail
Engineers, All Other	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Photonics Engineers	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Wind Energy Engineers	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Robotics Engineers	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Microsystems Engineers	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Nanosystems Engineers	$130,850	28,610	View salary detail
Mechatronics Engineers	$130,850	28,610	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.