Ranking of California Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2024 Q1

Updated on July 27, 2025.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2024 Q1, the average weekly wage for California was $1.83K. Among all California counties, San Mateo County had the highest average weekly wage ($4.38K), followed by Santa Clara County ($3.80K), and San Francisco County ($3.71K).

On the other hand, Alpine County had the lowest average weekly wage ($868), followed by Sierra County ($880), and Modoc County ($918).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high average weekly wage, and the table below shows the ranking of all California counties.

You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.

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Ranking of California Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2024 Q1
San Mateo
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Alameda
Marin
Contra Costa
San Diego
Orange
Los Angeles
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Ranking of California Counties By Average Weekly Wage in 2024 Q1
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Rank County Average Weekly Wage ($)
1 San Mateo County 4382
2 Santa Clara County 3801
3 San Francisco County 3711
4 Alameda County 1973
5 Marin County 1908
6 Contra Costa County 1768
7 San Diego County 1655
8 Orange County 1629
9 Los Angeles County 1623
10 Sacramento County 1547
11 Yolo County 1449
12 Ventura County 1404
13 Placer County 1403
14 Sonoma County 1383
15 Napa County 1373
16 Solano County 1365
17 Santa Barbara County 1346
18 Santa Cruz County 1332
19 Yuba County 1273
20 El Dorado County 1258
21 Stanislaus County 1222
22 Monterey County 1183
23 San Luis Obispo County 1181
24 San Joaquin County 1179
25 San Bernardino County 1178
26 Nevada County 1176
27 Kern County 1170
28 Plumas County 1151
29 Riverside County 1149
30 San Benito County 1148
31 Lassen County 1138
32 Inyo County 1131
33 Amador County 1114
34 Fresno County 1102
35 Colusa County 1097
35 Tuolumne County 1097
36 Shasta County 1093
37 Tehama County 1080
38 Butte County 1070
39 Calaveras County 1054
40 Sutter County 1041
41 Kings County 1039
42 Trinity County 1037
43 Madera County 1035
44 Humboldt County 1029
45 Merced County 1028
46 Del Norte County 1025
47 Imperial County 1020
47 Lake County 1020
48 Tulare County 1007
49 Mendocino County 1002
50 Glenn County 988
51 Mono County 973
52 Siskiyou County 972
53 Mariposa County 965
54 Modoc County 918
55 Sierra County 880
56 Alpine County 868