Wages by Occupation in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 48,820 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $48,470 for all occupations combined. 196 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

Who lives in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA area and what they earn, by education, from federal survey data (not a measure of any one employer or college).

13.6% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.0), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 101.6 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 93.5; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024; estimates are revised). A higher number means prices are higher on average, not that the area is better or worse.

About 9,288 residents (6.3% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±720; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 9.3% in 2025, with a labor force of about 60,416 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

14.3% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±2.0), compared with 39.6% nationally (Table B15001).

Median yearly earnings by education, adults 25 and over who have earnings

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	$30,619	$32,485
High school graduate	$39,998	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$48,396	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$72,701	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$90,236	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	18.4% (±2.4)	24.2%
High school graduate	16.5% (±2.2)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	11.4% (±1.5)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5% (±1.7)	4.5%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	35.2%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	9.5%	10.0%
Business	18.6%	20.1%
Education	10.2%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	26.6%	23.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, Tables B15003, B20004 (earnings shown only when the margin of error is at most 20% of the value), B23006 (unemployment shown only when every margin is at most 3 points), B17003 (margins of error at the 90% level; poverty shown only when every margin is at most 8 points) and C15010 (the Census Bureau’s own field groups, in a fixed order, not ranked). Describes residents of the area, not a prediction for any person; the Census Bureau has not endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice.

Wages by occupation

Occupation	Jobs	Median annual wage	Mean annual wage	Jobs per 1,000 jobs here	Concentration vs. U.S.
Accountants and Auditors	210	$78,300	$87,210	4.22	0.45
Administrative Services Managers	60	$103,790	$114,070	1.21	0.71
Agricultural Equipment Operators	210	$37,420	$39,860	4.35	23.72
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	170	$85,250	$91,400	3.38	3.81
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	110	$35,660	$36,330	2.20	0.86
Animal Caretakers	50	$37,340	$40,200	1.03	0.60
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	50	$36,790	$38,070	0.96	1.46
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	170	$64,090	$60,880	3.54	0.78
Bakers	40	$39,220	$43,590	0.72	0.47
Bartenders	130	$35,240	$41,220	2.67	0.55
Billing and Posting Clerks	110	$48,450	$51,600	2.27	0.87
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	370	$52,920	$56,000	7.54	0.85
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	110	$60,940	$61,200	2.20	1.18
Bus Drivers, School	60	$60,600	$57,630	1.19	0.46
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	290	$79,090	$81,910	5.93	0.85
Butchers and Meat Cutters	130	$43,980	$44,710	2.61	2.97
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	70	$74,510	$77,890	1.43	0.45
Carpenters	110	$73,250	$75,380	2.23	0.52
Cashiers	1,130	$35,420	$37,530	23.20	1.17
Chefs and Head Cooks	60	$45,800	$55,840	1.19	0.93
Chief Executives	50	$160,950	$201,750	0.96	0.73
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	130	$78,270	$73,530	2.62	1.04
Childcare Workers	200	$36,890	$39,840	4.14	1.24
Civil Engineers	40	$99,910	$110,770	0.78	0.33
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	360	$37,650	$43,600	7.45	3.04
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	40	$147,210	$147,510	0.72	1.48
Compliance Officers	80	$72,960	$76,360	1.68	0.62
Computer and Information Systems Managers	50	$186,340	$191,990	1.12	0.26
Computer Occupations, All Other	50	$98,230	$102,810	1.05	0.38
Computer Systems Analysts	50	$122,320	$117,620	1.07	0.32
Computer User Support Specialists	90	$66,540	$77,780	1.91	0.41
Construction Laborers	100	$59,870	$64,650	2.09	0.30
Construction Managers	50	$103,870	$112,640	1.06	0.43
Cooks, Fast Food	450	$41,280	$40,150	9.19	2.23
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	80	$47,310	$47,540	1.72	0.61
Cooks, Restaurant	260	$38,810	$40,190	5.41	0.60
Cooks, Short Order	60	$39,300	$39,280	1.24	1.39
Counter and Rental Clerks	110	$43,200	$47,000	2.25	0.87
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	70	$54,310	$54,410	1.43	1.24
Customer Service Representatives	210	$47,840	$48,550	4.37	0.26
Dental Assistants	200	$49,980	$57,500	4.17	1.67
Dental Hygienists	80	$113,160	$113,190	1.67	1.16
Dentists, General	60	$222,430	$229,860	1.19	1.49
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	70	$34,590	$36,880	1.41	0.40
Dishwashers	120	$35,560	$36,420	2.54	0.83
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	50	$48,410	$54,820	1.11	0.85
Driver/Sales Workers	120	$41,460	$45,290	2.43	0.92
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	140	$159,950	$154,510	2.83	1.34
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	40	$71,430	$101,130	0.73	0.95
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	110	$100,390	$100,040	2.20	0.97
Electricians	220	$86,040	$92,270	4.54	0.93
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	950	$98,470	$96,110	19.48	2.18
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	120	$51,850	$52,150	2.48	2.50
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	70	$64,470	$75,180	1.35	0.46
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	80	$60,690	$62,750	1.57	0.76
Facilities Managers	40	$115,570	$117,430	0.83	0.82
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	80	$48,200	$53,850	1.60	6.55
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	3,940	$35,890	$36,860	80.72	47.27
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	50	$35,300	$38,340	1.12	5.29
Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,610	$42,060	$40,790	33.06	1.33
File Clerks	30	$53,860	$54,120	0.67	1.41
Financial and Investment Analysts	30	$81,290	$92,510	0.69	0.30
Financial Managers	100	$131,320	$151,310	2.04	0.38
Firefighters	110	$55,220	$60,990	2.32	1.04
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	110	$96,170	$100,940	2.18	0.42
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	240	$49,580	$55,770	5.02	27.90
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	50	$60,010	$75,000	0.95	1.49
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	490	$46,270	$52,220	9.93	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	50	$58,900	$57,330	1.09	0.95
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	180	$86,480	$91,930	3.62	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	30	$73,450	$74,000	0.65	0.47
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	370	$69,520	$70,630	7.68	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	60	$125,150	$123,170	1.20	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	240	$84,010	$84,260	4.99	1.15
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	350	$47,380	$51,930	7.10	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	180	$72,670	$68,960	3.63	0.91
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	40	$51,160	$51,870	0.85	6.50
Food Batchmakers	70	$45,360	$47,600	1.39	1.24
Food Preparation Workers	260	$37,430	$40,800	5.30	0.92
Food Processing Workers, All Other	120	$53,420	$52,050	2.54	6.08
Food Science Technicians	60	$46,710	$50,830	1.25	13.31
Food Scientists and Technologists	30	$66,120	$82,740	0.62	7.44
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	50	$45,030	$44,210	1.03	0.55
Food Service Managers	80	$64,850	$72,230	1.66	1.08
General and Operations Managers	490	$104,730	$126,840	10.02	0.44
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	—	$35,730	$35,870	—	—
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	50	$37,350	$41,110	1.07	0.54
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	120	$58,820	$60,380	2.37	2.02
Healthcare Social Workers	40	$83,940	$77,760	0.92	0.76
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	40	$58,720	$56,840	0.89	1.26
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	80	$62,670	$67,710	1.56	0.59
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	810	$48,110	$53,700	16.58	1.25
Highway Maintenance Workers	40	$47,500	$51,760	0.77	0.77
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	3,250	$34,320	$34,580	66.55	2.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	50	$34,320	$36,060	1.00	0.36
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	50	$37,330	$38,260	1.00	0.60
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	50	$44,870	$47,580	1.10	1.90
Human Resources Specialists	110	$76,250	$80,170	2.19	0.37
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	140	$73,400	$69,720	2.90	1.03
Industrial Production Managers	70	$127,810	$135,060	1.50	0.95
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	270	$46,050	$48,430	5.53	1.11
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	90	$55,220	$55,060	1.92	2.21
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	170	$62,480	$59,250	3.39	0.88
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	50	$45,190	$46,400	0.95	0.83
Instructional Coordinators	30	$115,290	$104,460	0.70	0.48
Insurance Sales Agents	70	$67,110	$87,410	1.53	0.50
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	610	$43,570	$44,970	12.45	0.88
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	60	$96,980	$94,650	1.17	1.66
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	790	$48,420	$48,640	16.10	0.85
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	180	$44,360	$45,330	3.60	0.59
Lawyers	90	$149,430	$193,170	1.77	0.36
Library Assistants, Clerical	40	$49,000	$45,150	0.77	1.41
Library Technicians	50	$55,960	$53,030	0.92	2.09
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	310	$77,650	$74,880	6.35	1.52
Light Truck Drivers	170	$40,340	$41,600	3.49	0.55
Logisticians	60	$77,540	$80,230	1.33	0.82
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	160	$35,770	$37,140	3.23	0.58
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	520	$59,200	$59,060	10.69	1.09
Management Analysts	190	$81,010	$87,920	3.94	0.68
Managers, All Other	80	$126,250	$132,370	1.74	0.43
Manicurists and Pedicurists	80	$35,290	$37,760	1.71	1.74
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	80	$70,720	$81,460	1.68	0.29
Marketing Managers	30	$135,200	$162,590	0.64	0.25
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	50	$37,950	$39,400	0.96	1.02
Medical and Health Services Managers	180	$127,010	$141,420	3.64	0.95
Medical Assistants	480	$49,510	$49,660	9.76	1.86
Medical Records Specialists	60	$58,680	$57,100	1.23	0.98
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	270	$49,830	$51,580	5.49	0.89
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	80	$91,730	$92,740	1.63	1.91
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	120	$92,040	$92,650	2.50	0.63
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	40	$75,310	$72,070	0.80	0.71
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	30	$89,430	$94,380	0.63	0.31
Nurse Practitioners	70	$168,540	$170,070	1.52	0.73
Nursing Assistants	290	$45,980	$47,570	5.91	0.63
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	40	$91,120	$95,290	0.78	0.86
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	50	$57,100	$56,710	0.97	0.79
Office Clerks, General	910	$46,820	$48,110	18.57	1.17
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	100	$63,050	$76,200	1.98	0.64
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	300	$45,900	$49,330	6.22	2.55
Packers and Packagers, Hand	380	$35,940	$39,700	7.81	2.17
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	40	$63,800	$62,260	0.89	0.61
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	50	$69,600	$70,730	1.04	0.41
Parts Salespersons	80	$38,630	$47,170	1.73	1.00
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	90	$62,050	$62,450	1.80	1.82
Pharmacists	90	$171,900	$163,300	1.86	0.90
Pharmacy Technicians	200	$50,060	$52,990	4.06	1.34
Physical Therapists	40	$127,460	$119,800	0.72	0.42
Physician Assistants	40	$161,470	$161,690	0.72	0.69
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	110	$62,860	$69,500	2.23	0.75
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	210	$82,770	$89,670	4.23	0.98
Postal Service Mail Carriers	90	$56,750	$60,990	1.84	0.87
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	140	$45,040	$47,760	2.94	0.95
Procurement Clerks	50	$55,220	$54,870	1.01	2.82
Production Workers, All Other	160	$69,970	$69,700	3.23	1.99
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	80	$58,820	$61,910	1.57	0.63
Project Management Specialists	90	$118,380	$117,270	1.84	0.27
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	50	$62,500	$72,920	1.12	0.56
Protective Service Workers, All Other	90	$37,370	$41,020	1.91	3.63
Public Safety Telecommunicators	40	$64,550	$59,140	0.73	1.12
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	60	$98,120	$90,680	1.14	0.77
Receptionists and Information Clerks	180	$45,650	$43,900	3.60	0.61
Recreation Workers	50	$35,970	$38,790	0.99	0.47
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	40	$51,110	$54,740	0.73	0.77
Registered Nurses	710	$128,160	$127,640	14.49	0.67
Retail Salespersons	920	$37,900	$39,940	18.86	0.75
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	30	$41,610	$54,690	0.67	1.12
Sales Managers	160	$101,590	$122,320	3.29	0.80
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	130	$46,050	$66,960	2.58	0.32
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	160	$76,190	$89,130	3.25	0.41
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	730	$102,010	$100,480	14.97	2.19
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	300	$54,170	$54,470	6.05	0.55
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	50	$60,370	$77,070	1.12	0.36
Security Guards	240	$37,980	$42,540	4.82	0.58
Self-Enrichment Teachers	90	$38,030	$53,000	1.86	0.87
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	220	$66,310	$64,520	4.45	11.50
Sheet Metal Workers	40	$76,710	$78,830	0.82	1.06
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	150	$47,280	$49,540	3.17	0.60
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	80	$42,350	$44,580	1.72	1.08
Social and Community Service Managers	50	$86,020	$95,010	0.95	0.71
Social and Human Service Assistants	260	$46,310	$50,810	5.29	1.88
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	150	$81,750	$88,100	3.09	1.84
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	70	$76,610	$84,500	1.43	1.35
Speech-Language Pathologists	50	$120,550	$118,340	0.99	0.84
Stockers and Order Fillers	720	$39,460	$43,420	14.72	0.81
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	190	$72,960	$70,230	3.93	1.24
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	210	$61,590	$60,270	4.34	1.29
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	50	$86,710	$88,870	1.01	1.38
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	1,080	$45,780	$46,240	22.09	2.42
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	30	$71,480	$75,400	0.71	0.79
Tellers	80	$46,840	$45,930	1.66	0.78
Tire Repairers and Changers	40	$37,060	$41,340	0.82	1.17
Training and Development Specialists	110	$60,520	$67,060	2.20	0.75
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	50	$101,450	$110,260	0.92	0.65
Waiters and Waitresses	380	$35,160	$38,950	7.88	0.54
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	60	$64,320	$66,450	1.27	1.54
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	60	$47,520	$53,050	1.25	0.47

Colleges in this area

2 colleges in the federal directory have a campus in this area, listed alphabetically; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Each name links to the college’s profile.

College	Type	Level	Students, fall 2024
Lawrence & Company College of Cosmetology	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	34
Lemoore College	Public	2-year	4,404

Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS directory (HD 2024, core-based statistical area of the campus) and Fall Enrollment 2024 (total headcount). A count of students is the size of the college, not its quality; the Department has not endorsed this presentation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, metropolitan area estimates (cross-industry, all ownerships). Wages are pay for all workers in an occupation in this area, not any one person or employer; a dash means BLS does not publish the figure (often to protect privacy or because the estimate is unreliable), and “or more” marks a wage at or above BLS’s top reporting limit. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs in this area divided by its share nationally (1.00 = the same share as the U.S.; above 1.00 = a larger share); it says nothing about pay or openings. Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's jobs per 1,000 jobs of all kinds in this area. Occupations that BLS reports only as hourly wages are not listed, and BLS shows some wages above its top limit as plain numbers while others read “or more”. Occupations are listed alphabetically; click a heading to sort. MajorPays does not rank places or occupations. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; the Bureau of Labor Statistics has not approved or endorsed this presentation. MajorPays does not provide advice. See Data sources.

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