San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA moved from $49,760 in May 2024 to $50,770 in May 2025 (+2.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA sits -1.1 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Registered Nurses shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
Registered Nurses publishes $138,820 here versus $97,550 nationally (+42.3%; 2,180metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $42,350 locally versus $31,200 nationally (+35.7%).
- Registered Nurses$138,820 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA sits 42.3% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,180 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$42,350 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA sits 35.7% above the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (3,310 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$36,550 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA sits 11.2% above the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,010 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$37,780 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA sits 6.7% above the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (3,390 published local jobs).
Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 42020 · San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $68K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #66/528
- RPP-ELEV 108.6
- OCC-MID 361 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $345K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-INLINE -1.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Spokane-Spokane…
- BOOK-FULL 355 rows · May 2025
Read with Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($158 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 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
Employment scale inside San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Financial Managers lead published employment inside San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 2,180 jobs · $138,820
- 2. Financial Managers 420 jobs · $140,670
- 3. Lawyers 290 jobs · $175,780
- 4. Pharmacists 240 jobs · $172,860
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 240 jobs · $166,030
- 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers 200 jobs · $167,910
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 180 jobs · $213,070
- 8. Chief Executives 180 jobs · $190,020
- 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 170 jobs · $152,560
- 10. Nurse Practitioners 140 jobs · $162,950
- 11. Marketing Managers 120 jobs · $160,490
- 12. Veterinarians 110 jobs · $151,990
- 13. First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 110 jobs · $140,400
- 14. Dentists, General 100 jobs · $170,630
- 15. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $162,790
- 16. Clinical and Counseling Psychologists 90 jobs · $155,960
- 17. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $290,330
- 18. Psychiatrists 60 jobs · $322,750
Occupations Tracked
361
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$67,832
employment-weighted, 355 complete rows
Top Salary
$345,310
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
108.6
9% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Medicine Physicians | $345,310 |
| 2 | Psychiatrists | $322,750 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $290,330 |
| 4 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $289,840 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $213,070 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $190,020 |
| 7 | Training and Development Managers | $179,170 |
| 8 | Natural Sciences Managers | $178,530 |
| 9 | Lawyers | $175,780 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $172,860 |
| 11 | Dentists, General | $170,630 |
| 12 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $167,910 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $166,030 |
| 14 | Sales Engineers | $163,810 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $162,950 |
| 16 | Physician Assistants | $162,790 |
| 17 | Marketing Managers | $160,490 |
| 18 | Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | $155,960 |
| 19 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $152,560 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $151,990 |
| 21 | Fundraising Managers | $151,530 |
| 22 | Financial Managers | $140,670 |
| 23 | First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives | $140,400 |
| 24 | Public Relations Managers | $138,900 |
| 25 | Registered Nurses | $138,820 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,730 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $34,950 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,380 |
| Bartenders | $35,630 |
| Baggage Porters and Bellhops | $35,640 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $35,760 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,810 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $35,880 |
| Production Workers, All Other | $36,100 |
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 ($67,832 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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