Stockton-Lodi, CA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Stockton-Lodi, CA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Stockton-Lodi, CA moved from $49,000 in May 2024 to $48,990 in May 2025 (-0.0%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Stockton-Lodi, CA sits -3.1 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.
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Stockton-Lodi, CA
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term publishes $65,190 here versus $41,670 nationally (+56.4%; 3,060metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $97,400 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+52.3%).
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$65,190 in Stockton-Lodi, CA sits 56.4% above the national Substitute Teachers, Short-Term median of $41,670 (3,060 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$97,400 in Stockton-Lodi, CA sits 52.3% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (3,380 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$134,580 in Stockton-Lodi, CA sits 38.0% above the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (5,460 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$41,600 in Stockton-Lodi, CA sits 34.7% above the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (2,260 published local jobs).
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Stockton-Lodi, CA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44700 · Stockton-Lodi, CA $65K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-ELEV · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #98/528
- RPP-ELEV 105.1
- OCC-MOST 441 occs
- TOP-LEAD Psychiatrists · $332K
- EMP-MIX Registered N…
- TREND-BEHIND -3.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northeast Virgin…
- BOOK-FULL 436 rows · May 2025
Read with Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area ($17 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA
Employment scale inside Stockton-Lodi, CA's top-pay list
Registered Nurses and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Stockton-Lodi, CA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Registered Nurses 5,460 jobs · $134,580
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 940 jobs · $137,010
- 3. Financial Managers 790 jobs · $152,090
- 4. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 700 jobs · $155,770
- 5. Managers, All Other 600 jobs · $135,710
- 6. Software Developers 570 jobs · $138,550
- 7. Pharmacists 530 jobs · $162,440
- 8. Lawyers 490 jobs · $174,880
- 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers 390 jobs · $165,260
- 10. Chief Executives 310 jobs · $214,340
- 11. Nurse Practitioners 280 jobs · $159,150
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 270 jobs · $277,180
- 13. Human Resources Managers 260 jobs · $136,410
- 14. Marketing Managers 230 jobs · $153,830
- 15. Dentists, General 200 jobs · $168,150
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 190 jobs · $169,090
- 17. Physician Assistants 150 jobs · $162,110
- 18. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 140 jobs · $138,050
Occupations Tracked
441
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$65,481
employment-weighted, 436 complete rows
Top Salary
$331,800
Psychiatrists
Cost of Living
105.1
5% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Stockton-Lodi, CA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychiatrists | $331,800 |
| 2 | Family Medicine Physicians | $277,180 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $214,340 |
| 4 | Lawyers | $174,880 |
| 5 | Natural Sciences Managers | $174,860 |
| 6 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $169,090 |
| 7 | Dentists, General | $168,150 |
| 8 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $165,260 |
| 9 | Pharmacists | $162,440 |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | $162,110 |
| 11 | Nurse Practitioners | $159,150 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $155,770 |
| 13 | Marketing Managers | $153,830 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $152,090 |
| 15 | Veterinarians | $144,020 |
| 16 | Purchasing Managers | $142,100 |
| 17 | Environmental Engineers | $138,700 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $138,550 |
| 19 | Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners | $138,340 |
| 20 | Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $138,050 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $137,010 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $136,410 |
| 23 | Managers, All Other | $135,710 |
| 24 | Registered Nurses | $134,580 |
| 25 | Database Architects | $132,810 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Stockton-Lodi, CA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $34,320 |
| Gambling Dealers | $34,360 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $34,460 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $34,510 |
| Bartenders | $34,770 |
| Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | $34,880 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $35,070 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $35,160 |
| Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | $35,640 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $35,680 |
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 ($65,481 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 Stockton-Lodi, CA wage figures in a real decision
- Psychiatrists leads published medians in Stockton-Lodi, CA at $331,800/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Psychiatrists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $65,481 adjusts to about $62,310 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 105.1. 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.