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
Union	1997	$11.00-11.00 ($11.00)	$11.80-22.50 ($15.60)	$14.60-23.00 ($22.20)
Non-Union	1997	$7.00-10.00 ($8.50)	$8.50-28.80 ($13.00)	$10.00-28.80 ($18.00)
Butte	1996	$4.70-14.80 ($8.00)	$7.10-14.80 ($10.00)	$9.00-18.50 ($14.00)
Contra Costa
Union	1998	$8.00-18.00 ($12.00)	$12.50-26.43 ($22.33)	$22.00-26.43 ($23.25)
Non-Union	1998	$6.00-22.00 ($9.00)	$6.75-23.01 ($13.50)	$7.50-30.00 ($20.00)
Fresno
Union	1995	$7.00-17.10 ($14.50)	$14.40-19.30 ($19.00)	$19.30-24.00 ($19.80)
Non-Union	1995	$4.70-11.50 ($5.50)	$6.00-22.00 ($14.00)	$11.00-22.00 ($16.70)
Golden Sierra	1996	$5.20-19.50 ($7.50)	$6.00-19.50 ($13.00)	$11.00-19.90 ($18.00)
Humboldt	1995	$6.00- 8.70 ($6.70)	$6.00-18.00 ($11.00)	$7.20-18.70 ($14.70)
Imperial
Union	1996	$13.10-13.10 ($13.10)	$9.00-21.30 ($11.50)	$10.10-21.30 ($15.70)
Non-Union	1996	$4.20- 8.00 ($5.00)	$5.70-20.00 ($8.00)	$7.50-20.00 ($8.70)
Inyo,Mono
Union	1997	$10.40-11.70 ($11.10)	$11.00-15.60 ($13.30)	$12.10-16.90 ($14.50)
Non-Union	1997	$5.00-15.00 ($7.00)	$6.00-20.00 ($10.50)	$8.00-26.00 ($13.00)
Kern	1995	$4.20- 8.50 ($6.00)	$6.00-17.00 ($9.20)	$7.00-24.00 ($15.50)
Kings	1995	$5.00-11.50 ($7.00)	$8.00-16.70 ($12.50)	$10.00-21.50 ($15.70)
Los Angeles	1995	$5.50- 9.00 ($7.00)	$9.00-12.00 ($10.00)	$13.00-17.50 ($15.00)
Madera	1995	$4.20-10.10 ($5.60)	$5.00-17.50 ($9.00)	$6.70-19.00 ($12.70)
Marin
Union	1996	$8.00-21.30 ($14.60)	$17.90-22.30 ($19.00)	$18.10-23.40 ($19.00)
Non-Union	1996	$5.50-13.00 ($10.00)	$6.00-23.00 ($15.50)	$7.50-25.00 ($20.50)
Mendocino	1996	$4.70-11.70 ($6.00)	$5.70-14.20 ($10.00)	$7.00-19.10 ($13.50)
Merced	1996	$5.00-13.20 ($6.90)	$6.00-20.00 ($9.00)	$7.00-20.00 ($12.70)
Monterey	1995	$4.20-20.00 ($9.00)	$5.00-26.20 ($12.00)	$5.00-30.00 ($17.00)
Mother Lode
Union	1997	$11.10-11.10 ($11.10)	$11.50-13.30 ($11.70)	$12.80-14.40 ($13.30)
Non-Union	1997	$5.00-10.00 ($6.60)	$5.00-25.00 ($10.00)	$8.50-25.00 ($12.00)
North Central	1995	$5.50- 8.60 ($7.00)	$6.50-15.00 ($10.50)	$8.50-19.00 ($13.30)
NorTEC	1996	$5.00-10.50 ($7.20)	$6.00-17.50 ($9.60)	$8.00-17.50 ($15.00)
Orange	1996	$4.20-15.80 ($8.00)	$4.20-26.30 ($16.10)	$4.20-33.50 ($21.50)
Riverside	1995	$4.20-11.90 ($7.00)	$5.50-18.20 ($11.00)	$6.50-28.70 ($15.50)
Sacramento & Yolo	1995		$9.00-17.00 ($12.80)	$12.00-20.00 ($17.00)
San Benito	1996	$6.00-12.90 ($8.70)	$8.00-15.00 ($12.90)	$10.00-21.50 ($17.00)
San Bernardino	1995	$4.20- 9.60 ($6.00)	$9.30-18.00 ($14.20)	$9.30-19.20 ($17.50)
San Diego	1996	$6.50-12.00 ($8.00)	$9.00-18.00 ($10.00)	$13.00-22.00 ($16.00)
San Francisco	1995	$6.00-12.00 ($7.30)	$10.00-19.20 ($14.90)	$14.70-31.20 ($20.70)
San Joaquin	1997	$6.00-14.20 ($7.20)	$8.00-16.00 ($10.00)	$10.00-19.00 ($14.90)
San Luis Obispo	1995	$5.00- 8.60 ($6.50)	$7.00-17.20 ($10.80)	$9.00-23.00 ($16.00)
San Mateo
Union	1997	$10.00-11.40 ($11.20)	$10.50-22.50 ($11.40)	$20.40-22.80 ($22.50)
Non-Union	1997	$6.00-12.00 ($9.00)	$9.00-23.00 ($13.70)	$12.50-31.10 ($20.00)
Santa Barbara	1997	$4.70-11.00 ($7.50)	$7.00-17.00 ($12.00)	$10.00-24.50 ($15.00)
Santa Clara	1996	$7.00-13.00 ($11.00)	$8.00-21.80 ($14.00)	$11.00-25.00 ($21.80)
Shasta	1997	$5.00-12.00 ($7.10)	$5.00-16.00 ($10.70)	$7.00-22.00 ($12.20)
Solano	1997	$6.00-15.00 ($7.20)	$7.50-22.00 ($15.00)	$9.50-27.00 ($19.50)
Sonoma	1995	$4.20- 9.50 ($8.00)	$10.00-20.50 ($15.00)	$15.00-23.50 ($19.30)
Stanislaus
Union	1997		$16.90-16.90 ($16.90)	$16.90-16.90 ($16.90)
Non-Union	1997	$5.10-11.50 ($8.00)	$5.50-21.50 ($15.00)	$11.50-22.30 ($19.00)
Ventura	1997	$5.10- 8.70 ($6.50)	$8.00-16.00 ($11.30)	$10.00-20.00 ($15.00)

* 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)	$14.72	$14.51	$11.14-18.33
Chico-Paradise (Butte)	$12.60	$12.31	$10.20-14.88
Fresno (Fresno)	$13.41	$13.26	$9.41-15.85
Los Angeles-Long Beach (Los Angeles)	$14.43	$14.47	$10.15-18.01
Merced (Merced)	$13.31	$13.71	$9.94-16.77
Modesto (Stanislaus)	$16.12	$16.56	$13.44-19.56
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa)	$17.23	$17.45	$13.70-20.96
Orange County	$16.50	$15.82	$11.87-19.75
Redding (Shasta)	$13.78	$13.43	$11.32-16.74
Riverside-San Bernardino (Riverside & San Bernardino)	$13.53	$11.91	$8.98-17.46
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer & Sacramento)	$14.29	$13.97	$10.43-17.68
Salinas (Monterey)	$15.48	$16.52	$13.32-18.08
San Diego (San Diego)	$14.60	$13.65	$10.13-18.27
San Francisco (Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)	$17.73	$18.53	$12.09-22.26
San Jose (Santa Clara)	$17.23	$16.80	$11.09-21.26
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo)	$13.38	$12.67	$10.01-16.88
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc (Santa Barbara)	$13.63	$12.26	$10.70-16.58
Santa Rosa (Sonoma)	$16.81	$16.89	$13.03-19.05
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin)	$12.18	$11.99	$9.69-14.85
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano)	$13.80	$12.54	$10.04-16.59
Ventura County	$15.33	$13.86	$9.30-21.07
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare)	$13.74	$12.90	$9.94-17.68
Yolo County	$15.95	$15.90	$12.43-19.30
Yuba City (Sutter & Yuba)	$14.50	$15.25	$11.23-17.83

* 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.