San Diego, CA Careers and Salaries

799 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in San Diego, CA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported employment.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	$46,540	370	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$79,100	370	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$42,910	370	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other	$103,240	370	View salary detail
Mechanical Drafters	$83,550	370	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$128,080	370	View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Technicians	$61,880	370	View salary detail
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	$103,900	360	View salary detail
Sales Engineers	$122,610	360	View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers	$45,590	360	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$82,680	360	View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators	$73,690	360	View salary detail
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary	$126,690	360	View salary detail
Travel Agents	$49,240	350	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$82,590	350	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$37,260	350	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$82,590	350	View salary detail
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$47,770	340	View salary detail
Riggers	$72,030	340	View salary detail
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	$47,300	340	View salary detail
Telemarketers	$39,970	340	View salary detail
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$321,950	340	View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$58,020	340	View salary detail
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	$38,630	340	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$74,940	330	View salary detail
Orderlies	$49,410	330	View salary detail
Passenger Attendants	$39,100	330	View salary detail
Helpers--Electricians	$51,030	330	View salary detail
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	$63,450	320	View salary detail
Carpet Installers	$57,540	320	View salary detail
Gambling Cage Workers	$38,260	320	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$56,670	320	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$123,080	320	View salary detail
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$77,800	320	View salary detail
Fashion Designers	$82,010	320	View salary detail
Automotive Engineering Technicians	$77,800	320	View salary detail
Potters, Manufacturing	$48,140	310	View salary detail
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$134,110	310	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Drafters	$74,520	310	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$60,440	310	View salary detail
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	$104,760	310	View salary detail
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing	$48,140	310	View salary detail
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers	$48,140	310	View salary detail
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	$48,140	310	View salary detail
Psychiatrists	$335,620	310	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,340	310	View salary detail
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	$124,740	300	View salary detail
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$124,740	300	View salary detail
Acupuncturists	$64,490	300	View salary detail
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$166,550	300	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.