California Salaries

Occupation wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Occupations Tracked

35

with wage data

Avg. Median Salary

$180,708

across all occupations

Top Salary

$220,600

Chief Executives

Highest Paying Jobs in California

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Chief Executives $220,600
2 Computer and Information Systems Managers $211,340
3 Natural Sciences Managers $204,100
4 Architectural and Engineering Managers $201,810
5 Physicians, All Other $201,510
6 Lawyers $197,790
7 Nurse Midwives $196,700
8 Podiatrists $193,510
9 Physicists $180,900
10 Computer Hardware Engineers $179,880
11 Dentists, General $178,540
12 Marketing Managers $178,160
13 Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other $175,170
14 Financial Managers $174,920
15 Software Developers $170,910
16 Managers, All Other $170,740
17 Human Resources Managers $169,140
18 Nuclear Engineers $167,660
19 Nurse Practitioners $166,610
20 Physicians, Pathologists $165,940
21 Pharmacists $165,150
22 First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives $162,740
23 Geography Teachers, Postsecondary $162,050
24 Physician Assistants $161,080
25 Compensation and Benefits Managers $160,740

Lowest Paying Jobs in California

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