Wages by Occupation in Modesto, CA

Pay and jobs by occupation in the Modesto, CA metropolitan area (BLS, May 2025). BLS counts about 195,230 jobs across all occupations here, with a median annual wage of $50,610 for all occupations combined. 398 occupations have a published median wage in this area.

Education and earnings of residents

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

19.6% of adults 25 and over in this area have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±0.7), compared with 35.7% nationally.

Prices of goods and services here run at 104.1 when the whole U.S. is 100 (housing 108.5; 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 36,351 residents (6.8% of those 3 and older; U.S. 6.6%) are enrolled in college or graduate school, at any school (±1,546; ACS 2020-2024, Table B14001).

The unemployment rate in this area averaged 7.2% in 2025, with a labor force of about 256,946 people (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted annual average; estimates are model-based and revised).

22.4% of adults 25 to 34 have a bachelor’s degree or higher (±1.4), 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	$35,160	$32,485
High school graduate	$43,533	$40,153
Some college or associate's degree	$50,814	$47,260
Bachelor's degree	$70,653	$70,044
Graduate or professional degree	$103,202	$90,720

Poverty rate by education, adults 25 and over

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	20.7% (±1.5)	24.2%
High school graduate	14.0% (±0.9)	14.4%
Some college or associate's degree	9.1% (±0.8)	9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8% (±0.7)	4.5%

Unemployment rate by education, ages 25 to 64

Education	This area	United States
Less than high school	11.4% (±1.9)	7.7%
High school graduate	8.3% (±1.0)	5.9%
Some college or associate's degree	6.0% (±0.9)	4.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1% (±1.3)	2.8%

What residents with a bachelor’s degree studied

Field of first major	This area	United States
Science and engineering	35.3%	36.1%
Science and engineering related fields	9.0%	10.0%
Business	18.1%	20.1%
Education	9.2%	10.9%
Arts, humanities and other	28.3%	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	1,200	$83,560	$93,000	6.13	0.66
Administrative Services Managers	260	$111,190	$126,860	1.34	0.79
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	70	$129,080	$108,070	0.35	1.48
Agricultural Equipment Operators	320	$38,320	$41,930	1.66	9.03
Agricultural Inspectors	30	$78,310	$69,360	0.17	1.86
Agricultural Technicians	100	$49,730	$55,620	0.54	5.50
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	330	$35,440	$36,320	1.68	0.66
Animal Caretakers	280	$38,320	$42,120	1.44	0.84
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	30	$124,810	$116,700	0.18	0.26
Architectural and Civil Drafters	110	$65,230	$75,550	0.56	0.84
Architectural and Engineering Managers	90	$163,680	$168,080	0.45	0.32
Audio and Video Technicians	40	$49,600	$54,890	0.18	0.40
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants	160	$40,260	$42,620	0.84	1.28
Automotive Body and Related Repairers	180	$68,640	$66,000	0.90	0.94
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1,030	$62,770	$62,820	5.26	1.16
Bakers	400	$39,450	$42,390	2.06	1.36
Bartenders	600	$35,100	$42,390	3.08	0.63
Bill and Account Collectors	110	$57,700	$55,840	0.57	0.56
Billing and Posting Clerks	350	$51,000	$52,690	1.77	0.68
Biological Scientists, All Other	60	$97,120	$98,070	0.30	0.84
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,730	$55,040	$56,590	8.87	1.00
Budget Analysts	40	$102,480	$101,740	0.19	0.64
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	420	$76,640	$74,740	2.15	1.15
Bus Drivers, School	190	$62,870	$60,070	0.98	0.38
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	1,330	$80,350	$86,640	6.83	0.98
Butchers and Meat Cutters	300	$41,720	$45,500	1.55	1.77
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	410	$78,970	$82,350	2.11	0.67
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters	160	$47,240	$49,310	0.81	1.63
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	80	$105,400	$116,700	0.43	1.07
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	190	$57,470	$69,200	0.97	1.32
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	120	$96,940	$93,810	0.62	0.86
Carpenters	1,430	$73,730	$74,640	7.31	1.70
Cashiers	4,890	$36,490	$39,300	25.04	1.26
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	350	$76,500	$80,240	1.77	1.33
Chefs and Head Cooks	170	$61,330	$67,600	0.87	0.68
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	50	$54,770	$60,470	0.24	0.26
Chemical Technicians	120	$56,250	$56,350	0.59	1.60
Chemists	90	$83,120	$87,650	0.48	0.91
Chief Executives	230	$200,900	$250,390	1.16	0.88
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	1,160	$60,900	$69,630	5.92	2.35
Childcare Workers	660	$41,920	$42,600	3.36	1.01
Chiropractors	40	$73,640	$83,860	0.22	0.86
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	40	$95,630	$88,300	0.21	0.47
Civil Engineers	320	$101,000	$110,430	1.65	0.70
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	90	$82,140	$89,660	0.45	0.22
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	1,010	$37,480	$42,130	5.18	2.12
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders	170	$41,420	$44,930	0.88	9.27
Clergy	90	$65,360	$70,880	0.47	1.29
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	70	$123,030	$135,390	0.38	0.77
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	360	$76,110	$72,900	1.86	0.87
Coaches and Scouts	260	$47,520	$53,780	1.35	0.84
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	150	$51,020	$56,380	0.77	0.75
Commercial Pilots	50	$140,920	$176,410	0.23	0.76
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	150	$60,950	$64,620	0.78	1.12
Community Health Workers	70	$60,800	$59,660	0.34	0.86
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	70	$81,650	$83,030	0.36	0.50
Compliance Officers	290	$79,600	$85,360	1.49	0.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers	230	$159,720	$171,630	1.18	0.27
Computer Network Architects	70	$120,870	$115,830	0.34	0.29
Computer Network Support Specialists	40	$75,970	$80,870	0.21	0.22
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	140	$49,020	$51,340	0.71	0.65
Computer Occupations, All Other	290	$101,720	$108,200	1.49	0.53
Computer Programmers	50	$103,250	$97,650	0.24	0.40
Computer Systems Analysts	140	$99,760	$103,610	0.74	0.22
Computer User Support Specialists	360	$66,390	$70,610	1.86	0.40
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	90	$61,750	$62,360	0.47	1.11
Concierges	40	$38,220	$40,910	0.21	0.66
Construction and Building Inspectors	120	$80,660	$85,050	0.63	0.67
Construction Laborers	1,070	$60,630	$62,660	5.47	0.78
Construction Managers	380	$125,800	$131,500	1.96	0.80
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	40	$133,990	$116,830	0.22	0.71
Conveyor Operators and Tenders	40	$43,230	$47,930	0.21	1.41
Cooks, Fast Food	1,620	$42,510	$41,900	8.31	2.02
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	330	$45,480	$46,530	1.67	0.59
Cooks, Restaurant	1,300	$41,910	$42,220	6.68	0.74
Cooks, Short Order	370	$38,260	$40,710	1.91	2.15
Cost Estimators	290	$81,330	$88,750	1.49	1.03
Counselors, All Other	70	$47,360	$52,470	0.38	2.09
Counter and Rental Clerks	750	$44,600	$50,180	3.85	1.49
Couriers and Messengers	110	$47,020	$51,800	0.57	1.29
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	90	$65,640	$67,460	0.45	0.39
Crossing Guards and Flaggers	150	$38,540	$44,370	0.79	1.30
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	70	$46,000	$49,870	0.33	2.00
Customer Service Representatives	1,290	$47,230	$50,650	6.59	0.39
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	140	$53,600	$56,370	0.73	0.67
Data Entry Keyers	130	$43,940	$45,790	0.66	0.80
Data Scientists	80	$104,990	$113,750	0.43	0.26
Database Administrators	40	$97,850	$101,690	0.19	0.42
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	130	$37,640	$40,950	0.66	1.59
Dental Assistants	890	$50,170	$53,130	4.55	1.82
Dental Hygienists	390	$123,910	$120,670	2.01	1.40
Dentists, General	160	$167,050	$181,690	0.80	1.00
Detectives and Criminal Investigators	90	$104,000	$99,860	0.46	0.62
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	200	$141,210	$138,590	1.02	1.76
Dietetic Technicians	100	$48,130	$47,080	0.51	2.51
Dietitians and Nutritionists	100	$97,830	$98,540	0.49	0.99
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	680	$34,870	$37,900	3.46	0.99
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	40	$47,110	$60,830	0.20	1.37
Dishwashers	600	$36,810	$37,780	3.10	1.01
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	330	$51,990	$56,830	1.67	1.28
Drafters, All Other	30	$68,850	$72,500	0.16	1.71
Driver/Sales Workers	530	$41,820	$46,400	2.73	1.04
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	400	$65,770	$71,310	2.04	3.81
Education Administrators, All Other	90	$150,500	$133,710	0.47	1.33
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	460	$160,240	$155,040	2.34	1.11
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	150	$123,830	$131,920	0.78	0.67
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	70	$70,180	$81,830	0.37	0.79
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	410	$65,290	$75,490	2.12	2.78
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	430	$94,370	$93,680	2.20	0.97
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment	70	$78,620	$78,340	0.36	0.87
Electrical Engineers	50	$109,970	$120,520	0.24	0.19
Electricians	770	$76,710	$83,790	3.97	0.81
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	40	$107,960	$109,220	0.18	0.30
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	2,450	$101,640	$99,430	12.53	1.40
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	40	$64,730	$66,400	0.22	0.22
Emergency Medical Technicians	440	$47,160	$52,560	2.23	1.92
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	40	$63,750	$68,340	0.19	0.49
Engineers, All Other	60	$111,840	$108,030	0.29	0.29
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling	60	$75,590	$85,100	0.28	1.16
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	90	$69,900	$74,620	0.46	2.07
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	40	$103,840	$111,020	0.20	0.35
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	520	$77,900	$76,870	2.66	0.90
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors	270	$48,160	$56,620	1.37	0.66
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	50	$41,850	$43,540	0.23	0.60
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	140	$88,940	$73,970	0.73	1.93
Facilities Managers	180	$124,000	$128,820	0.94	0.94
Family Medicine Physicians	100	$260,020	$269,660	0.54	0.78
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians	270	$61,670	$64,050	1.39	5.71
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers	60	$109,630	$123,700	0.31	7.37
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	4,120	$37,850	$40,880	21.11	12.36
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	90	$36,980	$39,470	0.47	2.22
Fast Food and Counter Workers	6,700	$42,630	$41,600	34.32	1.38
Fence Erectors	40	$59,600	$59,060	0.20	1.29
File Clerks	100	$52,830	$52,610	0.52	1.11
Financial and Investment Analysts	130	$101,740	$105,450	0.68	0.29
Financial Managers	600	$160,180	$167,030	3.05	0.56
Financial Specialists, All Other	80	$63,320	$71,830	0.39	0.45
Firefighters	230	$77,370	$85,430	1.19	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	780	$91,140	$97,400	3.99	0.76
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	120	$45,760	$53,520	0.62	0.94
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	250	$61,660	$66,750	1.30	7.22
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers	100	$106,930	$115,850	0.53	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	1,670	$46,190	$50,190	8.54	1.09
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	160	$63,030	$63,110	0.81	0.71
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	100	$63,070	$69,000	0.53	0.62
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	610	$89,590	$92,020	3.13	0.79
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	250	$68,150	$75,090	1.28	0.93
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,490	$74,140	$76,040	7.62	0.82
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	120	$57,220	$61,710	0.61	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	130	$136,920	$148,470	0.69	0.69
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	810	$77,690	$80,690	4.16	0.96
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	1,590	$51,770	$56,430	8.13	1.13
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	40	$48,170	$56,250	0.21	0.40
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	800	$66,800	$68,560	4.07	1.02
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles	60	$47,170	$52,300	0.31	2.04
Floral Designers	40	$43,720	$43,150	0.22	0.85
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders	70	$61,130	$55,730	0.38	2.91
Food Batchmakers	360	$46,670	$49,930	1.86	1.66
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	140	$59,010	$63,280	0.71	3.51
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	190	$35,760	$38,440	0.99	1.83
Food Preparation Workers	1,170	$38,450	$40,410	5.97	1.04
Food Processing Workers, All Other	380	$39,040	$44,790	1.96	4.68
Food Science Technicians	180	$56,220	$55,930	0.91	9.70
Food Scientists and Technologists	80	$80,960	$92,170	0.39	4.66
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	360	$38,010	$40,170	1.84	0.97
Food Service Managers	350	$72,360	$76,220	1.78	1.16
Fundraisers	60	$73,990	$84,080	0.30	0.41
Funeral Attendants	50	$38,130	$40,530	0.23	1.15
General and Operations Managers	2,790	$104,330	$127,830	14.27	0.63
Glaziers	80	$60,140	$64,570	0.40	1.06
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	220	$37,000	$38,470	1.11	6.84
Graphic Designers	140	$69,110	$73,700	0.70	0.55
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand	40	$45,110	$48,760	0.20	2.95
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	70	$44,780	$45,800	0.37	0.86
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists	320	$36,960	$43,470	1.61	0.82
Health Education Specialists	160	$61,670	$74,330	0.83	1.97
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	40	$79,350	$90,600	0.18	0.73
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	410	$58,650	$63,810	2.09	1.78
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other	30	$78,310	$86,940	0.16	0.73
Healthcare Social Workers	220	$95,250	$93,250	1.15	0.95
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	220	$55,430	$57,040	1.13	1.60
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	470	$64,760	$68,520	2.40	0.91
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	3,510	$58,330	$58,500	18.00	1.36
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other	40	$43,640	$51,950	0.20	1.22
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers	140	$43,360	$44,770	0.70	1.15
Helpers--Production Workers	230	$39,900	$44,500	1.20	1.13
Highway Maintenance Workers	140	$56,670	$57,200	0.71	0.71
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	9,160	$34,320	$35,780	46.94	1.70
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	420	$35,030	$36,930	2.17	0.78
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	160	$36,620	$39,520	0.81	0.48
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	190	$55,780	$55,640	1.00	1.72
Human Resources Managers	150	$153,630	$162,450	0.79	0.55
Human Resources Specialists	730	$77,070	$80,480	3.75	0.64
Industrial Engineers	150	$98,560	$102,750	0.78	0.33
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	810	$78,370	$77,360	4.14	1.46
Industrial Production Managers	320	$126,930	$134,820	1.64	1.03
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	2,350	$55,810	$52,970	12.05	2.42
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	180	$57,060	$57,210	0.92	1.06
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	720	$53,560	$54,830	3.68	0.96
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	290	$49,370	$54,740	1.46	1.29
Instructional Coordinators	220	$99,870	$105,500	1.14	0.78
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	170	$50,930	$54,630	0.85	0.62
Insurance Sales Agents	310	$73,270	$81,520	1.57	0.51
Interpreters and Translators	40	$60,530	$70,470	0.19	0.58
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	220	$62,100	$61,550	1.13	1.19
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,670	$41,230	$44,420	13.67	0.96
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	160	$103,790	$107,550	0.80	1.15
Labor Relations Specialists	140	$63,640	$79,560	0.71	1.70
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	4,810	$46,630	$48,140	24.63	1.30
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,080	$45,740	$47,630	5.54	0.90
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	140	$37,380	$38,050	0.70	0.55
Lawyers	370	$164,010	$195,450	1.91	0.39
Legal Support Workers, All Other	80	$74,670	$74,910	0.43	1.44
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	80	$80,860	$94,630	0.41	0.48
Library Assistants, Clerical	180	$46,400	$47,530	0.91	1.66
Library Technicians	80	$55,440	$51,380	0.42	0.96
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	1,120	$78,200	$79,670	5.73	1.37
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers	100	$36,960	$37,090	0.51	0.51
Light Truck Drivers	1,010	$43,800	$49,990	5.20	0.82
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	60	$55,320	$56,490	0.31	0.29
Loan Officers	190	$82,250	$106,380	0.98	0.56
Logisticians	200	$85,130	$89,610	1.01	0.63
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	110	$39,950	$42,660	0.56	2.05
Machinists	140	$55,950	$56,990	0.72	0.39
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	50	$126,980	$129,850	0.23	0.84
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	750	$38,400	$42,420	3.82	0.69
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,660	$59,650	$61,030	8.49	0.86
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	100	$61,870	$64,000	0.53	1.36
Management Analysts	550	$96,120	$101,780	2.84	0.49
Managers, All Other	—	$126,110	$142,000	—	—
Manicurists and Pedicurists	390	$34,890	$36,360	1.98	2.01
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	580	$71,600	$79,680	2.98	0.52
Marketing Managers	160	$160,520	$163,490	0.84	0.33
Marriage and Family Therapists	240	$69,680	$78,510	1.21	2.82
Massage Therapists	60	$45,360	$52,200	0.30	0.48
Material Moving Workers, All Other	110	$38,050	$41,020	0.57	3.75
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	370	$36,270	$37,660	1.87	2.00
Mechanical Door Repairers	40	$60,290	$63,550	0.23	1.32
Mechanical Drafters	40	$66,060	$73,330	0.20	0.76
Mechanical Engineers	120	$104,990	$109,400	0.59	0.31
Medical and Health Services Managers	980	$138,950	$149,590	5.04	1.31
Medical Assistants	1,870	$49,990	$55,580	9.58	1.82
Medical Equipment Repairers	50	$77,530	$83,590	0.27	0.64
Medical Records Specialists	210	$48,240	$57,000	1.07	0.86
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	160	$143,760	$142,460	0.83	0.75
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,600	$50,250	$55,310	8.19	1.32
Medical Transcriptionists	50	$48,490	$51,710	0.23	0.87
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	100	$64,470	$67,040	0.53	0.57
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	170	$78,880	$96,890	0.89	1.04
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	110	$46,950	$49,680	0.57	0.54
Microbiologists	80	$59,470	$102,370	0.43	3.50
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	740	$101,250	$98,910	3.77	0.95
Millwrights	130	$49,810	$53,590	0.67	2.58
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	930	$45,510	$46,190	4.79	0.53
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	200	$49,960	$52,290	1.04	1.71
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	240	$75,890	$73,040	1.23	1.08
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic	70	$59,990	$64,810	0.38	1.79
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	130	$47,240	$48,330	0.68	0.70
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers	40	$48,650	$56,420	0.19	1.15
Natural Sciences Managers	50	$160,070	$164,650	0.24	0.34
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	160	$99,000	$104,930	0.81	0.40
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	30	$172,530	$165,230	0.18	1.63
Nurse Practitioners	380	$173,380	$187,690	1.93	0.93
Nursing Assistants	1,500	$46,550	$47,320	7.67	0.82
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary	50	$81,260	$79,780	0.24	0.49
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	180	$94,910	$99,680	0.92	1.02
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	50	$69,100	$74,860	0.27	1.36
Occupational Therapists	170	$121,110	$121,010	0.87	0.83
Occupational Therapy Assistants	30	$96,210	$92,640	0.15	0.47
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	220	$40,530	$51,640	1.13	0.91
Office Clerks, General	3,280	$46,570	$48,600	16.80	1.06
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	430	$90,560	$95,910	2.19	0.71
Operations Research Analysts	80	$80,240	$80,710	0.42	0.61
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	40	$40,570	$45,610	0.21	1.72
Opticians, Dispensing	120	$59,010	$60,400	0.60	1.28
Optometrists	90	$137,480	$149,020	0.45	1.62
Order Clerks	110	$45,820	$48,690	0.59	1.21
Orderlies	80	$49,890	$49,680	0.43	1.28
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1,610	$49,460	$52,000	8.23	3.38
Packers and Packagers, Hand	1,620	$40,680	$43,890	8.32	2.31
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	480	$48,960	$55,630	2.47	1.71
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	370	$59,150	$56,020	1.89	3.05
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	420	$58,820	$64,150	2.17	0.86
Paramedics	130	$72,170	$73,160	0.68	1.05
Parking Attendants	30	$35,180	$38,700	0.17	0.19
Parts Salespersons	510	$44,730	$47,020	2.60	1.50
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	260	$61,980	$63,190	1.31	1.34
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	40	$35,960	$38,890	0.22	0.56
Personal Financial Advisors	110	$105,080	$132,290	0.58	0.34
Pest Control Workers	160	$47,480	$52,240	0.80	1.22
Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation	50	$40,560	$47,180	0.25	1.45
Pharmacists	380	$160,520	$159,840	1.93	0.93
Pharmacy Aides	140	$36,730	$40,690	0.74	2.91
Pharmacy Technicians	480	$50,540	$54,010	2.45	0.81
Phlebotomists	190	$51,960	$56,700	0.98	1.06
Photographers	50	$44,240	$52,140	0.25	0.76
Physical Therapist Aides	80	$36,640	$40,170	0.42	1.36
Physical Therapist Assistants	150	$83,450	$85,950	0.79	1.09
Physical Therapists	400	$126,600	$124,040	2.04	1.19
Physician Assistants	210	$165,730	$168,960	1.08	1.03
Physicians, All Other	310	$323,580	$283,800	1.59	0.72
Plasterers and Stucco Masons	180	$61,360	$60,830	0.92	7.42
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	470	$63,280	$72,600	2.42	0.81
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	960	$98,230	$96,980	4.91	1.14
Postal Service Clerks	70	$62,910	$64,220	0.36	0.76
Postal Service Mail Carriers	400	$62,090	$63,940	2.03	0.96
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other	190	$104,890	$117,920	0.97	1.01
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	640	$49,500	$55,820	3.27	1.06
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials	30	$38,460	$39,180	0.16	0.96
Printing Press Operators	90	$46,670	$50,860	0.47	0.50
Private Detectives and Investigators	30	$58,460	$60,200	0.17	0.76
Procurement Clerks	70	$48,590	$52,300	0.37	1.02
Production Workers, All Other	380	$52,430	$53,860	1.92	1.19
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	540	$62,950	$65,890	2.78	1.11
Project Management Specialists	670	$102,490	$110,060	3.43	0.50
Property Appraisers and Assessors	60	$76,500	$78,540	0.33	0.90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	320	$61,990	$80,910	1.67	0.83
Protective Service Workers, All Other	410	$44,990	$45,950	2.10	4.01
Psychiatric Technicians	160	$48,390	$53,170	0.80	0.80
Psychiatrists	40	$151,270	$253,340	0.19	1.08
Public Relations Specialists	140	$76,610	$82,550	0.71	0.39
Public Safety Telecommunicators	90	$62,460	$67,270	0.47	0.71
Purchasing Managers	50	$142,970	$148,050	0.24	0.45
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	370	$129,030	$127,310	1.88	1.27
Real Estate Sales Agents	140	$60,620	$66,700	0.70	0.57
Receptionists and Information Clerks	890	$44,610	$48,110	4.54	0.78
Recreation Workers	1,000	$37,230	$38,010	5.13	2.41
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	230	$60,110	$61,730	1.20	1.27
Registered Nurses	4,850	$132,590	$143,670	24.84	1.14
Rehabilitation Counselors	80	$44,270	$45,170	0.40	0.65
Residential Advisors	50	$46,590	$50,040	0.27	0.50
Respiratory Therapists	270	$103,870	$107,680	1.38	1.54
Retail Salespersons	5,140	$37,430	$41,470	26.35	1.05
Roofers	290	$62,940	$64,310	1.47	1.68
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	260	$53,870	$62,470	1.31	2.19
Sales Managers	900	$98,550	$122,680	4.59	1.12
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	840	$60,930	$71,420	4.30	0.53
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	1,250	$78,420	$89,460	6.40	0.80
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	80	$73,160	$94,170	0.43	0.24
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	90	$40,600	$43,630	0.44	1.67
School Psychologists	100	$128,750	$133,120	0.54	1.30
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,900	$101,890	$103,950	9.74	1.42
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,830	$55,140	$54,800	9.39	0.86
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	400	$62,970	$80,760	2.03	0.65
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	140	$62,230	$64,150	0.70	1.27
Security Guards	930	$38,990	$44,260	4.75	0.58
Self-Enrichment Teachers	420	$44,760	$52,160	2.15	1.00
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	1,000	$73,690	$65,390	5.14	13.30
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners	60	$50,040	$52,980	0.28	1.44
Sewing Machine Operators	30	$38,100	$39,500	0.15	0.23
Sheet Metal Workers	80	$70,870	$78,450	0.42	0.54
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	1,120	$47,430	$49,640	5.76	1.10
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	310	$48,770	$51,360	1.57	0.98
Skincare Specialists	90	$37,200	$43,310	0.47	1.00
Social and Community Service Managers	280	$77,020	$87,090	1.46	1.08
Social and Human Service Assistants	710	$55,330	$54,790	3.65	1.29
Social Workers, All Other	30	$102,180	$103,790	0.17	0.42
Software Developers	300	$119,770	$122,860	1.54	0.14
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40	$87,650	$90,790	0.20	0.17
Soil and Plant Scientists	30	$81,570	$91,570	0.15	1.53
Solar Photovoltaic Installers	50	$59,920	$61,440	0.28	1.39
Special Education Teachers, All Other	90	$101,030	$100,130	0.46	2.10
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School	270	$80,570	$88,070	1.36	0.81
Special Education Teachers, Middle School	—	$96,500	$93,070	—	—
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	220	$98,170	$97,500	1.12	1.06
Speech-Language Pathologists	220	$116,770	$120,890	1.15	0.98
Stockers and Order Fillers	4,080	$41,320	$43,920	20.88	1.15
Structural Iron and Steel Workers	100	$75,820	$84,580	0.49	1.12
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors	1,390	$62,700	$72,430	7.10	2.24
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	1,990	$63,440	$70,990	10.21	3.03
Surgical Technologists	120	$79,950	$78,420	0.61	0.81
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	50	$64,890	$70,570	0.25	0.67
Surveyors	60	$99,270	$104,370	0.32	0.99
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	70	$44,320	$48,940	0.36	1.62
Tax Preparers	170	$64,630	$66,970	0.88	1.79
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	290	$103,910	$98,150	1.47	2.01
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	3,470	$47,990	$47,890	17.77	1.95
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	150	$71,460	$70,360	0.78	0.86
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	120	$100,400	$93,150	0.62	0.99
Tellers	320	$46,190	$47,760	1.66	0.78
Tile and Stone Setters	120	$50,970	$57,760	0.59	2.57
Tire Repairers and Changers	210	$38,290	$41,950	1.09	1.57
Tool and Die Makers	40	$52,300	$58,000	0.20	0.54
Training and Development Managers	30	$142,450	$154,730	0.17	0.55
Training and Development Specialists	580	$74,220	$81,590	2.97	1.01
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	300	$107,390	$123,510	1.55	1.09
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	140	$61,270	$63,850	0.72	2.03
Tutors	490	$50,650	$47,850	2.50	2.22
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers	100	$36,680	$36,330	0.54	0.68
Veterinarians	120	$162,160	$159,470	0.62	1.15
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	230	$45,560	$44,580	1.18	1.45
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	140	$59,360	$57,210	0.73	0.88
Waiters and Waitresses	2,140	$34,910	$41,200	10.96	0.75
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	210	$78,710	$78,130	1.06	1.28
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	170	$45,920	$49,030	0.89	2.59
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	450	$52,590	$57,620	2.31	0.86
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	100	$38,990	$44,210	0.49	1.24
Word Processors and Typists	130	$48,710	$50,620	0.67	2.95

Colleges in this area

10 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
Adrian's Beauty College of Turlock	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	—
California Beauty College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	122
California State University-Stanislaus	Public	4-year or above	9,724
Central Valley Barber College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	122
DeHart Technical School	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	99
Modesto Junior College	Public	4-year or above	18,258
North Adrian's College of Beauty Inc	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	207
Paul Mitchell the School-Modesto	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	218
San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto	Private for-profit	2-year	598
Stellar Career College	Private for-profit	Less than 2-year	46

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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