Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Salaries
Local wages against a high BEA price level (RPP 110.5) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA moved from $50,010 in May 2024 to $52,510 in May 2025 (+5.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA sits +1.9 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education publishes $99,420 here versus $63,970 nationally (+55.4%; 3,060metro-area jobs). Next is Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $108,850 locally versus $72,040 nationally (+51.1%).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$99,420 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA sits 55.4% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,060 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$108,850 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA sits 51.1% above the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (2,210 published local jobs).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$62,260 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA sits 49.4% above the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (2,100 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$42,530 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA sits 37.7% above the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (2,520 published local jobs).
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37100 · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $71K mean
MEAN-MEGA · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MEGA #41/528
- RPP-ELEV 110.5
- OCC-MOST 488 occs
- TOP-LEAD Surgeons, All… · $536K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE +1.9 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Atlanta-Sandy Sp…
- BOOK-FULL 478 rows · May 2025
Read with Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (+$53 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
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 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
Largest Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA payrolls before the high-cost adjustment
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 2,170 jobs · $159,430
- 2. Financial Managers 1,330 jobs · $169,900
- 3. Managers, All Other 1,260 jobs · $156,730
- 4. Lawyers 1,220 jobs · $185,520
- 5. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 830 jobs · $147,180
- 6. Physicians, All Other 710 jobs · $193,890
- 7. Pharmacists 630 jobs · $160,430
- 8. Marketing Managers 620 jobs · $169,540
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 610 jobs · $159,120
- 10. Architectural and Engineering Managers 540 jobs · $179,760
- 11. Chief Executives 430 jobs · $202,750
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 410 jobs · $266,740
- 13. Human Resources Managers 380 jobs · $162,230
- 14. Nurse Practitioners 320 jobs · $148,800
- 15. Dentists, General 310 jobs · $178,150
- 16. Veterinarians 290 jobs · $158,810
- 17. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 270 jobs · $149,460
- 18. Physician Assistants 210 jobs · $154,760
Occupations Tracked
488
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$70,643
employment-weighted, 478 complete rows
Top Salary
$535,800
Surgeons, All Other
Cost of Living
110.5
11% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surgeons, All Other | $535,800 |
| 2 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $314,720 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $266,740 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $202,750 |
| 5 | Physicians, All Other | $193,890 |
| 6 | Lawyers | $185,520 |
| 7 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $179,760 |
| 8 | Dentists, General | $178,150 |
| 9 | Natural Sciences Managers | $176,740 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $169,900 |
| 11 | Marketing Managers | $169,540 |
| 12 | Database Architects | $168,390 |
| 13 | Physicists | $163,210 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $162,230 |
| 15 | Petroleum Engineers | $161,050 |
| 16 | Pharmacists | $160,430 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $159,430 |
| 18 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $159,120 |
| 19 | Veterinarians | $158,810 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $156,730 |
| 21 | Physician Assistants | $154,760 |
| 22 | Detectives and Criminal Investigators | $153,570 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $149,460 |
| 24 | Nurse Practitioners | $148,800 |
| 25 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $147,180 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $34,910 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,970 |
| Parking Attendants | $35,050 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,330 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,370 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $35,490 |
| Bartenders | $35,590 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $35,730 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $35,810 |
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 ($70,643 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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How to use Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Surgeons, All Other leads published medians in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA at $535,800/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Surgeons, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $70,643 adjusts to about $63,911 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 110.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for CA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.