Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Merced, CA

347 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Merced, CA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$60,200	500	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$59,500	40	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$59,390	330	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$59,170	110	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$58,220	80	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$58,060	70	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$57,930	200	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$57,760	200	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$57,720	70	View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks	$57,500	90	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$57,450	160	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$57,250	50	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$56,700	930	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$55,630	1,710	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$55,520	160	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$54,440	380	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$53,620	130	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$53,220	330	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$52,980	60	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$52,980	60	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$52,710	30	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$52,590	60	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$52,570	100	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$52,570	100	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$52,570	100	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$52,570	100	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$52,500	110	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$51,740	680	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$51,710	620	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,550	130	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$51,190	590	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$51,180	90	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$51,110	40	View salary detail
Food Science Technicians	$50,750	210	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$50,660	70	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$50,640	90	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$50,420	40	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$50,340	310	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$50,090	70	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$49,940	220	View salary detail
Material Moving Workers, All Other	$49,670	30	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$49,590	120	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$49,290	330	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$49,240	60	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,200	40	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$49,000	330	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$48,920	30	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$48,890	60	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$48,690	150	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$48,680	170	View salary detail

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.