Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Modesto, CA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,990	330	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$51,960	190	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$51,770	1,590	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,020	150	View salary detail
Billing and Posting Clerks	$51,000	350	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$50,970	120	View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	$50,930	170	View salary detail
Tutors	$50,650	490	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$50,540	480	View salary detail
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$50,250	1,600	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$50,170	890	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$50,040	60	View salary detail
Medical Assistants	$49,990	1,870	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,960	200	View salary detail
Orderlies	$49,890	80	View salary detail
Millwrights	$49,810	130	View salary detail
Agricultural Technicians	$49,730	100	View salary detail
Precision Agriculture Technicians	$49,730	100	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$49,600	40	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$49,500	640	View salary detail
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	$49,460	1,610	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$49,370	290	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$49,370	290	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,020	140	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$48,960	480	View salary detail
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$48,770	310	View salary detail
Word Processors and Typists	$48,710	130	View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	$48,650	40	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$48,590	70	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$48,490	50	View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians	$48,390	160	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$48,240	210	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$48,170	40	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$48,160	270	View salary detail
Dietetic Technicians	$48,130	100	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$47,520	260	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$47,480	160	View salary detail
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$47,430	1,120	View salary detail
Counselors, All Other	$47,360	70	View salary detail
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,240	130	View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	$47,240	160	View salary detail
Customer Service Representatives	$47,230	1,290	View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	$47,170	60	View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians	$47,160	440	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$47,110	40	View salary detail
Couriers and Messengers	$47,020	110	View salary detail
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$46,950	110	View salary detail
Food Batchmakers	$46,670	360	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$46,670	90	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$46,630	4,810	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.