Redding, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Redding, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Redding, CA moved from $47,890 in May 2024 to $48,920 in May 2025 (+2.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Redding, CA sits -1.0 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Redding, CA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $34,320 here versus $35,800 nationally (-4.1%; 5,500metro-area jobs).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$34,320 in Redding, CA sits 4.1% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (5,500 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Redding, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 39820 · Redding, CA $64K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-HIGH #114/528
- RPP-MID 100.7
- OCC-MID 290 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $287K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Indianapolis-Car…
- BOOK-MOST 289 rows · May 2025
Read with Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (+$24 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 Redding, CA
Employment scale inside Redding, CA's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Lawyers lead published employment inside Redding, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 1,720 jobs · $134,350
- 2. Lawyers 250 jobs · $133,900
- 3. Financial Managers 230 jobs · $138,350
- 4. Managers, All Other 200 jobs · $126,730
- 5. Pharmacists 160 jobs · $166,800
- 6. Software Developers 160 jobs · $129,230
- 7. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 150 jobs · $134,020
- 8. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $267,600
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 120 jobs · $160,480
- 10. Chief Executives 110 jobs · $170,770
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 110 jobs · $162,220
- 12. Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 90 jobs · $129,960
- 13. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $287,080
- 14. Marketing Managers 70 jobs · $161,910
- 15. Physician Assistants 70 jobs · $150,010
- 16. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 70 jobs · $135,110
- 17. Electrical Engineers 70 jobs · $126,170
- 18. Dentists, General 60 jobs · $170,060
Occupations Tracked
290
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,163
employment-weighted, 289 complete rows
Top Salary
$287,080
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
100.7
1% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Redding, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $287,080 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $267,600 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $184,720 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $170,770 |
| 5 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $170,060 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $166,800 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,220 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $161,910 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $160,480 |
| 10 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $159,010 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $150,010 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $143,330 |
| 13 | Environmental Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $140,570 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $138,350 |
| 15 | Commercial Pilots Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,340 |
| 16 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $135,110 |
| 17 | Registered Nurses | $134,350 |
| 18 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $134,020 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $133,900 |
| 20 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $133,340 |
| 21 | Fundraising Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $131,400 |
| 22 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,960 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $129,230 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $126,730 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $126,170 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Redding, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Rehabilitation Counselors Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $34,320 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,360 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,830 |
| Cashiers | $34,900 |
| Dishwashers | $34,900 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $34,930 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($64,163 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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How to use Redding, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Redding, CA at $287,080/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,163 adjusts to about $63,727 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 100.7. 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.