Best jobs in California
The 25 best-scoring occupations in California, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to California (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How California pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$400,150 vs $300,080 · +33.3%
$34,320 vs $35,800 · -4.1%
$168,520 vs $132,300 · +27.4%
$353,500 vs $281,870 · +25.4%
$357,080 vs $248,560 · +43.7%
$353,900 vs $232,140 · +52.5%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 793 scored occupations — show all 793show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
178
$80,850
+3.1%
34
180
$124,220
+1.9%
34
278
$76,490
+0.3%
28
323
$55,400
-1.6%
26
330
$65,550
+3.7%
25
370
$102,030
-13.7%
24
413
$53,620
+6.3%
22
478
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$48,080
+4.6%
20
511
$63,270
+2.3%
19
666
$60,180
-13.6%
14
667
$47,300
+2.0%
14
672
$59,050
-14.4%
14
691
$52,910
-4.3%
13
699
$45,880
+1.2%
13
711
$48,450
-12.1%
12
718
$47,240
-3.8%
12
730
$49,080
-19.6%
12
742
$45,890
-12.0%
11
762
$45,290
-1.1%
11
771
$43,770
-9.0%
10
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Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.