Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Salinas, CA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$65,460	200	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$65,430	40	View salary detail
Glaziers	$65,380	100	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$65,160	60	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$64,660	390	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$64,520	60	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$64,440	320	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$64,440	320	View salary detail
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	$64,330	80	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$64,250	280	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$64,160	160	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$63,980	40	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$63,970	1,220	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$63,950	230	View salary detail
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	$63,840	200	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$63,830	100	View salary detail
Editors	$63,680	50	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$63,650	80	View salary detail
Landscape Architects	$63,520	40	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$63,510	40	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$63,510	40	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$63,510	40	View salary detail
Tax Preparers	$63,060	90	View salary detail
Parking Enforcement Workers	$62,850	30	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$62,770	620	View salary detail
Health Education Specialists	$62,760	130	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$62,720	560	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$62,540	70	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$62,520	450	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$62,390	140	View salary detail
Social Workers, All Other	$62,330	70	View salary detail
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	$62,260	—	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	$62,030	1,240	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$61,900	150	View salary detail
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$61,900	410	View salary detail
Construction Laborers	$61,680	950	View salary detail
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	$61,630	30	View salary detail
Midwives	$61,630	30	View salary detail
Roofers	$61,530	240	View salary detail
Massage Therapists	$61,400	240	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$61,330	130	View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$61,230	280	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$61,090	110	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$60,860	520	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Preparers	$60,490	70	View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians	$60,390	100	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$60,070	80	View salary detail
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$60,070	40	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$59,920	120	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$59,910	330	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.