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.
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.
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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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