Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.


County / Area	Year	Entry Level: No Experience	Experienced: New to Firm	Experienced: 3 Years with Firm
		Typical Wages* (Median)	Typical Wages* (Median)	Typical Wages* (Median)

Alameda	1998	$5.75- 9.05 ($6.63)	$6.00- 9.05 ($8.00)	$8.00-16.06 ($11.00)
Butte	1996	$4.20- 6.00 ($5.00)	$4.70-10.00 ($5.20)	$5.50-14.00 ($7.00)
Contra Costa	1998	$5.75-11.50 ($6.00)	$5.75-11.50 ($6.50)	$6.25-17.00 ($8.00)
Fresno	1997	$5.00- 7.70 ($5.50)	$5.00- 8.50 ($5.70)	$5.50-10.00 ($7.50)
Golden Sierra
Union	1996	$7.00- 8.70 ($7.90)	$7.90- 8.70 ($8.30)	$9.20-16.00 ($15.80)
Non-Union	1996	$4.20- 8.00 ($5.50)	$5.00-10.00 ($6.20)	$6.00-10.00 ($9.00)
Inyo,Mono
Union	1997	$5.00- 5.00 ($5.00)	$6.00- 6.00 ($6.00)	$10.00-10.00 ($10.00)
Non-Union	1997	$4.70- 8.00 ($5.20)	$5.00- 8.00 ($6.00)	$5.90-10.60 ($7.00)
Madera	1995	$4.20- 5.00 ($4.20)	$4.50- 6.00 ($5.00)	$5.20- 8.00 ($5.70)
Mendocino
Union	1995	$6.70- 6.70 ($6.70)	$8.70- 8.70 ($8.70)	$15.70-15.70 ($15.70)
Non-Union	1995	$4.20- 8.10 ($5.00)	$5.00-10.30 ($6.00)	$6.50-15.20 ($8.00)
Merced	1995	$4.20- 6.00 ($4.60)	$4.20-15.50 ($5.20)	$4.90-15.50 ($6.50)
North Central	1996	$4.70- 7.00 ($5.00)	$4.70- 8.20 ($5.20)	$5.30- 9.50 ($6.70)
Orange	1997	$4.50- 8.00 ($5.40)	$5.00-12.00 ($6.10)	$5.50-15.00 ($8.00)
San Diego	1997	$5.00- 7.00 ($5.20)	$5.20- 8.00 ($6.00)	$5.50- 9.50 ($7.20)
San Francisco	1995	$5.20- 8.00 ($6.70)	$6.50-15.70 ($7.50)	$7.00-15.70 ($11.00)
San Joaquin	1995	$4.20- 7.50 ($5.00)	$4.70- 9.50 ($5.50)	$5.00-14.50 ($6.60)
Santa Barbara
Union	1997	$5.20- 9.30 ($7.20)	$6.20-11.00 ($7.20)	$15.50-15.90 ($15.60)
Non-Union	1997	$4.70- 7.90 ($5.50)	$4.70- 9.50 ($6.00)	$6.00-12.90 ($7.00)
Shasta
Union	1997	$5.00- 6.40 ($5.50)	$5.00- 7.50 ($5.60)	$5.00-15.70 ($7.70)
Non-Union	1997	$7.00- 7.50 ($7.20)	$10.00-10.50 ($10.20)	$15.80-16.00 ($15.90)

* Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department


Metropolitan Area (County)	Average	Median *	Midrange **

Bakersfield (Kern)	$8.07	$6.90	$5.41-10.18
Chico-Paradise (Butte)	$8.98	$7.74	$5.69-11.09
Fresno (Fresno)	$8.88	$7.71	$6.26-9.99
Los Angeles-Long Beach (Los Angeles)	$8.92	$7.99	$6.01-10.77
Merced (Merced)	$8.13	$7.76	$5.66-9.84
Modesto (Stanislaus)	$7.75	$6.75	$5.38-9.33
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa)	$10.51	$9.16	$6.63-15.43
Orange County	$9.36	$8.33	$6.14-11.98
Redding (Shasta)	$8.66	$6.28	$5.28-13.44
Riverside-San Bernardino (Riverside & San Bernardino)	$9.10	$7.88	$5.64-11.41
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer & Sacramento)	$8.63	$7.30	$5.57-10.52
Salinas (Monterey)	$9.85	$8.26	$6.57-12.09
San Diego (San Diego)	$9.10	$7.90	$5.82-10.87
San Francisco (Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)	$8.71	$7.61	$5.83-10.28
San Jose (Santa Clara)	$9.47	$7.99	$6.37-10.88
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo)	$9.98	$9.14	$5.74-13.88
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc (Santa Barbara)	$8.76	$7.71	$5.87-10.40
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz)	$7.92	$6.90	$5.54-8.46
Santa Rosa (Sonoma)	$10.80	$9.67	$7.16-14.47
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin)	$10.05	$8.62	$6.41-13.96
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano)	$10.32	$9.53	$5.72-14.69
Ventura County	$8.59	$7.38	$5.54-10.57
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare)	$7.06	$6.37	$5.36-8.06
Yuba City (Sutter & Yuba)	$7.46	$6.55	$5.40-8.23

* Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less. ** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.