Fresno, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Fresno, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Fresno, CA moved from $45,810 in May 2024 to $46,910 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Fresno, CA sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Correctional Officers and Jailers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Fresno, CA
Correctional Officers and Jailers publishes $94,010 here versus $58,940 nationally (+59.5%; 2,660metro-area jobs). Next is Teachers and Instructors, All Other at $105,200 locally versus $66,140 nationally (+59.1%).
- Correctional Officers and Jailers$94,010 in Fresno, CA sits 59.5% above the national Correctional Officers and Jailers median of $58,940 (2,660 published local jobs).
- Teachers and Instructors, All Other$105,200 in Fresno, CA sits 59.1% above the national Teachers and Instructors, All Other median of $66,140 (2,110 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$100,750 in Fresno, CA sits 39.9% above the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (3,210 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$54,890 in Fresno, CA sits 31.7% above the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (8,670 published local jobs).
Correctional Officers and Jailers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Fresno, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 23420 · Fresno, CA $63K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #138/528
- RPP-MID 102.2
- OCC-MOST 527 occs
- TOP-LEAD Psychiatrists · $315K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Fargo, ND-MN
- BOOK-FULL 523 rows · May 2025
Read with Fargo, ND-MN (+$4 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 Fresno, CA
Employment scale inside Fresno, CA's top-pay list
Lawyers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Fresno, CA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 1,570 jobs · $162,680
- 2. Pharmacists 890 jobs · $169,160
- 3. Chief Executives 700 jobs · $188,930
- 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers 650 jobs · $148,650
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 570 jobs · $166,570
- 6. Physicians, All Other 450 jobs · $315,390
- 7. Marketing Managers 430 jobs · $139,990
- 8. Pediatricians, General 410 jobs · $289,290
- 9. Human Resources Managers 400 jobs · $143,180
- 10. Physician Assistants 360 jobs · $155,440
- 11. Dentists, General 340 jobs · $188,510
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 320 jobs · $277,650
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 190 jobs · $175,530
- 14. Veterinarians 170 jobs · $157,460
- 15. Psychiatrists 140 jobs · $315,470
- 16. Power Plant Operators 130 jobs · $138,930
- 17. Business Teachers, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $138,680
- 18. Natural Sciences Managers 90 jobs · $157,470
Occupations Tracked
527
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$63,266
employment-weighted, 523 complete rows
Top Salary
$315,470
Psychiatrists
Cost of Living
102.2
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Fresno, CA
Lowest Paying Jobs in Fresno, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $34,320 |
| Gambling Dealers | $34,320 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $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 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $34,610 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,630 |
| Parking Attendants | $34,670 |
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 ($63,266 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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