The Modesto, CA all-occupations median was 0.7% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Home Health and Personal Care Aides had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 9,160.
Among those high-employment rows, Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse had the highest published location quotient at 12.36. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Modesto, CA
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Home Health and Perso...: 9,160 jobs. Fast Food and Counter...: 6,700 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 5,140 jobs. Cashiers: 4,890 jobs. Registered Nurses: 4,850 jobs. Laborers and Freight,...: 4,810 jobs.
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Modesto, CA was 104.1, or 4.1% above the national price level. Its housing index was 108.5.
National-price-dollar proxy
$48,613
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Modesto, CA; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 104.1. Housing: 108.5.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 33700.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Modesto, CA: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Modesto, CA?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $50,610 per year in Modesto, CA. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Modesto, CA?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 195,230 jobs for Modesto, CA. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Modesto, CA?
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 9,160 estimated jobs and a published median of $34,320 per year.
Does the Modesto, CA wage data adjust for local prices?
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The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Modesto, CA at $50,610 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 195,230 covered jobs in Modesto, CA. The all-occupations mean is $67,230 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Modesto, CA's $50,610 all-occupations median is 0.7% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Modesto, CA ranks 98 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Modesto, CA has 195,230 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
95. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA has an all-occupations median of $50,770 per year and 122,020 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $160.
96. Grants Pass, OR has an all-occupations median of $50,730 per year and 30,540 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $120.
97. Champaign-Urbana, IL has an all-occupations median of $50,700 per year and 105,500 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $90.
99. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN has an all-occupations median of $50,390 per year and 1,099,300 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $220.
100. Fond du Lac, WI has an all-occupations median of $50,340 per year and 43,900 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $270.
101. Ames, IA has an all-occupations median of $50,220 per year and 55,890 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Modesto, CA is $390.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Modesto, CA
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Modesto, CA. The first row, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, has 9,160 estimated jobs. Its median is $34,320 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 9,160 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $34,320 per year. Its location quotient is 1.7.
2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 6,700 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $42,630 per year. Its location quotient is 1.38.
3. Retail Salespersons has 5,140 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $37,430 per year. Its location quotient is 1.05.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Modesto, CA
The detailed roles shown for Modesto, CA do not share one pay level. Registered Nurses has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $132,590 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $50,610 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Registered Nurses has a published median of $132,590 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 4,850 jobs. Its local share is 1.14 times the national share.
2. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $104,330 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 2,790 jobs. Its local share is 0.63 times the national share.
3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a published median of $101,890 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,900 jobs. Its local share is 1.42 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Modesto, CA
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Modesto, CA with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 12.36. The same row has 4,120 jobs and a median of $37,850 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has a location quotient of 12.36 in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 4,120 jobs and a median of $37,850 per year.
2. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders has a location quotient of 3.38 in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,610 jobs and a median of $49,460 per year.
3. Substitute Teachers, Short-Term has a location quotient of 3.03 in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,990 jobs and a median of $63,440 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Modesto, CA
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Modesto, CA is 104.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 4.1% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 108.5. The goods index is 105.2. Utilities are 152.3. Other services are 100.3. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
The all-occupations employment RSE for Modesto, CA is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 195,230 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Modesto, CA as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Modesto, CA row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Modesto, CA wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Modesto, CA's $50,610 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
The page does not say what one person in Modesto, CA earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 98 of 393 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
4. Cashiers has 4,890 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $36,490 per year. Its location quotient is 1.26.
5. Registered Nurses has 4,850 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $132,590 per year. Its location quotient is 1.14.
6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 4,810 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $46,630 per year. Its location quotient is 1.3.
7. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has 4,120 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $37,850 per year. Its location quotient is 12.36.
8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 4,080 estimated jobs in Modesto, CA. Its published median is $41,320 per year. Its location quotient is 1.15.
4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a published median of $101,640 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 2,450 jobs. Its local share is 1.4 times the national share.
5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $74,140 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,490 jobs. Its local share is 0.82 times the national share.
6. Substitute Teachers, Short-Term has a published median of $63,440 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,990 jobs. Its local share is 3.03 times the national share.
7. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a published median of $59,650 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 1,660 jobs. Its local share is 0.86 times the national share.
8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a published median of $58,330 per year in Modesto, CA. BLS lists 3,510 jobs. Its local share is 1.36 times the national share.
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