Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA moved from $48,240 in May 2024 to $48,400 in May 2025 (+0.3%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA sits -2.8 pp behind 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.
Correctional Officers and Jailers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Correctional Officers and Jailers publishes $94,730 here versus $58,940 nationally (+60.7%; 4,800metro-area jobs). Next is Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education at $100,810 locally versus $64,370 nationally (+56.6%).
- Correctional Officers and Jailers$94,730 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA sits 60.7% above the national Correctional Officers and Jailers median of $58,940 (4,800 published local jobs).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$100,810 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA sits 56.6% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (4,860 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$98,520 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA sits 54.0% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (18,850 published local jobs).
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$161,380 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA sits 52.4% above the national Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary median of $105,870 (3,340 published local jobs).
Correctional Officers and Jailers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40140 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $64K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #115/528
- RPP-ELEV 106.4
- OCC-MOST 671 occs
- TOP-LEAD Obstetricians… · $375K
- EMP-MIX Computer and…
- TREND-BEHIND -2.8 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Redding, CA
- BOOK-FULL 647 rows · May 2025
Read with Redding, CA (+$78 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-On…
Employment scale inside Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA's top-pay list
Computer and Information Systems Managers and Physicians, All Other lead published employment inside Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Computer and Information Systems Managers 2,270 jobs · $176,320
- 2. Physicians, All Other 2,130 jobs · $279,090
- 3. Chief Executives 1,920 jobs · $176,700
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 1,710 jobs · $169,920
- 5. Architectural and Engineering Managers 1,160 jobs · $172,600
- 6. Physician Assistants 1,020 jobs · $165,490
- 7. Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 560 jobs · $163,750
- 8. Psychiatrists 490 jobs · $364,530
- 9. Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 300 jobs · $180,650
- 10. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 280 jobs · $375,400
- 11. Natural Sciences Managers 260 jobs · $169,370
- 12. Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other 180 jobs · $180,230
- 13. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 160 jobs · $207,000
- 14. Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 150 jobs · $223,240
- 15. Nurse Anesthetists 140 jobs · $298,910
- 16. Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 130 jobs · $171,660
- 17. History Teachers, Postsecondary 110 jobs · $192,320
- 18. Podiatrists 100 jobs · $196,500
Occupations Tracked
671
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$64,085
employment-weighted, 647 complete rows
Top Salary
$375,400
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Cost of Living
106.4
6% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
Lowest Paying Jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Gambling Dealers | $34,560 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,590 |
| Passenger Attendants | $34,750 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $34,800 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $34,830 |
| Bartenders | $34,840 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $34,990 |
| Parking Attendants | $35,020 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $35,090 |
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 ($64,085 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
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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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Obstetricians and Gynecologists leads published medians in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA at $375,400/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $64,085 adjusts to about $60,206 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 106.4. 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.