North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $41,910 here versus $31,200 nationally (+34.3%; 2,470metro-area jobs). Next is Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary at $45,230 locally versus $36,780 nationally (+23.0%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$41,910 in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area sits 34.3% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,470 published local jobs).
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$45,230 in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area sits 23.0% above the national Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary median of $36,780 (2,130 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$36,460 in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area sits 10.9% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,040 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$47,260 in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area sits 5.0% above the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,080 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 0600007 · North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #101/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 349 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $299K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Longview-Kelso, WA
- BOOK-FULL 343 rows · May 2025
Read with Longview-Kelso, WA ($5 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 North Valley-Northern Mount…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Registered Nurses and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,610 jobs · $135,560
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 480 jobs · $135,070
- 3. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 390 jobs · $132,480
- 4. Lawyers 220 jobs · $131,130
- 5. Pharmacists 180 jobs · $166,850
- 6. Dental Hygienists 170 jobs · $126,400
- 7. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 160 jobs · $132,710
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $122,750
- 9. Software Developers 140 jobs · $139,040
- 10. First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 140 jobs · $131,200
- 11. Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 140 jobs · $129,200
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $146,810
- 13. Nurse Practitioners 120 jobs · $169,820
- 14. Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 120 jobs · $124,980
- 15. Human Resources Managers 110 jobs · $125,330
- 16. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $167,600
- 17. Dentists, General 90 jobs · $209,400
- 18. Veterinarians 90 jobs · $136,480
Occupations Tracked
349
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,359
employment-weighted, 343 complete rows
Top Salary
$299,430
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials | $35,090 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $35,130 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $35,250 |
| Dishwashers | $35,630 |
| Bartenders | $35,670 |
| Material Moving Workers, All Other | $35,750 |
| Manicurists and Pedicurists | $35,940 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,990 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $36,080 |
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 ($65,359 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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