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.
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 | $287,080 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $267,600 |
| 3 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $184,720 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $170,770 |
| 5 | Dentists, General | $170,060 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $166,800 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $162,220 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers | $161,910 |
| 9 | Nurse Practitioners | $160,480 |
| 10 | Veterinarians | $159,010 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $150,010 |
| 12 | Human Resources Managers | $143,330 |
| 13 | Environmental Engineers | $140,570 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $138,350 |
| 15 | Commercial Pilots | $135,340 |
| 16 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $135,110 |
| 17 | Registered Nurses | $134,350 |
| 18 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $134,020 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $133,900 |
| 20 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | $133,340 |
| 21 | Fundraising Managers | $131,400 |
| 22 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | $129,960 |
| 23 | Software Developers | $129,230 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $126,730 |
| 25 | Electrical Engineers | $126,170 |
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 | $34,320 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,360 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,830 |
| Cashiers | $34,900 |
| Dishwashers | $34,900 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $34,930 |
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.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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