Bakersfield-Delano, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Bakersfield-Delano, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Bakersfield-Delano, CA moved from $46,930 in May 2024 to $47,470 in May 2025 (+1.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA sits -2.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Correctional Officers and Jailers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Bakersfield-Delano, CA
Correctional Officers and Jailers publishes $107,220 here versus $58,940 nationally (+81.9%; 3,280metro-area jobs). Next is Substitute Teachers, Short-Term at $66,480 locally versus $41,670 nationally (+59.5%).
- Correctional Officers and Jailers$107,220 in Bakersfield-Delano, CA sits 81.9% above the national Correctional Officers and Jailers median of $58,940 (3,280 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$66,480 in Bakersfield-Delano, CA sits 59.5% above the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (5,390 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$99,150 in Bakersfield-Delano, CA sits 37.6% above the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (3,300 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$41,480 in Bakersfield-Delano, CA sits 34.3% above the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (2,450 published local jobs).
Correctional Officers and Jailers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Bakersfield-Delano, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 12540 · Bakersfield-Delano, CA $63K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #129/528
- RPP-MID 100.9
- OCC-MOST 472 occs
- TOP-LEAD First-Line Sup… · $632K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE -2.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Allentown-Bethle…
- BOOK-FULL 461 rows · May 2025
Read with Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ($16 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Bakersfield-Delano, CA
Employment scale inside Bakersfield-Delano, CA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary lead published employment inside Bakersfield-Delano, CA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 900 jobs · $153,030
- 2. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 800 jobs · $154,410
- 3. Managers, All Other 800 jobs · $145,690
- 4. Engineers, All Other 670 jobs · $139,980
- 5. Lawyers 610 jobs · $150,900
- 6. Pharmacists 600 jobs · $161,930
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 430 jobs · $165,580
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 430 jobs · $164,470
- 9. Chief Executives 390 jobs · $195,400
- 10. Physician Assistants 350 jobs · $198,070
- 11. First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers 340 jobs · $632,190
- 12. Marketing Managers 240 jobs · $149,960
- 13. Human Resources Managers 240 jobs · $138,130
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 220 jobs · $179,980
- 15. Dentists, General 220 jobs · $172,120
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 190 jobs · $332,530
- 17. Petroleum Engineers 160 jobs · $147,440
- 18. Veterinarians 100 jobs · $150,780
Occupations Tracked
472
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,455
employment-weighted, 461 complete rows
Top Salary
$632,190
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Cost of Living
100.9
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $632,190 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $332,530 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $299,990 |
| 4 | Pediatricians, General | $290,420 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $269,000 |
| 6 | Physician Assistants | $198,070 |
| 7 | Chief Executives | $195,400 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $179,980 |
| 9 | Dentists, General | $172,120 |
| 10 | Nurse Practitioners | $165,580 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,470 |
| 12 | Pharmacists | $161,930 |
| 13 | Natural Sciences Managers | $156,270 |
| 14 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $154,410 |
| 15 | Financial Managers | $153,030 |
| 16 | Lawyers | $150,900 |
| 17 | Veterinarians | $150,780 |
| 18 | Marketing Managers | $149,960 |
| 19 | Petroleum Engineers | $147,440 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $145,690 |
| 21 | Engineers, All Other | $139,980 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $138,130 |
| 23 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $137,340 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $137,200 |
| 25 | Physicists | $135,260 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Parking Attendants | $34,320 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $34,320 |
| Agricultural Workers, All Other | $34,320 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,320 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $34,320 |
| Bartenders | $34,320 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $34,560 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $34,620 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,660 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in CA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside CA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($63,455 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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