Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Santa Cruz, CA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$66,940	30	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$66,290	50	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$66,290	50	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$66,290	50	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$66,240	50	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$66,080	30	View salary detail
Anthropologists and Archeologists	$66,040	40	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$66,000	50	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$65,600	550	View salary detail
Firefighters	$64,980	380	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$64,690	150	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$64,510	90	View salary detail
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	$63,690	100	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$63,600	140	View salary detail
Insurance Sales Agents	$63,300	170	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$62,810	150	View salary detail
Financial Quantitative Analysts	$62,720	50	View salary detail
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts	$62,720	50	View salary detail
Financial Specialists, All Other	$62,720	50	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$62,680	70	View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	$62,610	100	View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$62,400	230	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$62,070	230	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$61,960	1,120	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$61,960	400	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$61,920	150	View salary detail
Roofers	$61,640	140	View salary detail
Clergy	$61,630	60	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$61,600	60	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$61,350	60	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$61,260	50	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$60,740	50	View salary detail
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	$60,580	370	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$60,580	100	View salary detail
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	$60,570	160	View salary detail
File Clerks	$60,530	60	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$60,510	130	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$60,510	130	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$60,510	130	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$60,510	130	View salary detail
Bill and Account Collectors	$60,390	50	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$60,210	60	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$60,210	110	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	$60,080	50	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$59,900	1,070	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$59,800	50	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$59,770	50	View salary detail
Stonemasons	$59,620	40	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$59,500	750	View salary detail
Community Health Workers	$59,470	80	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.