Highest Wages in California

Top 100 cities ranked by highest wages

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Highest Wages - California

1 San Jose $3,789
2 East Foothills $3,789
3 Santa Clara $3,789
4 Los Gatos $3,789
5 Gilroy $3,789
6 Alum Rock $3,789
7 San Martin $3,789
8 Morgan Hill $3,789
9 Campbell $3,789
10 Alamo $3,778
11 Pleasant Hill $3,778
12 Castro Valley $3,778
13 Oakland $3,778
14 Newark $3,778
15 San Rafael $3,778
16 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) $3,778
17 San Bruno $3,778
18 Menlo Park $3,778
19 San Lorenzo $3,778
20 Ashland $3,778
21 El Cerrito $3,778
22 Hillsborough $3,778
23 Piedmont $3,778
24 Palo Alto $3,778
25 San Carlos $3,778
26 Saranap $3,778
27 Burlingame $3,778
28 Foster City $3,778
29 Hayward $3,778
30 San Anselmo $3,778
31 Sunnyvale $3,778
32 Cupertino $3,778
33 Larkspur $3,778
34 Fairview $3,778
35 Tiburon $3,778
36 Los Altos Hills $3,778
37 Contra Costa Centre $3,778
38 Concord $3,778
39 Mill Valley $3,778
40 Berkeley $3,778
41 Richmond $3,778
42 Kensington $3,778
43 El Granada $3,778
44 Woodside $3,778
45 Pacifica $3,778
46 Orinda $3,778
47 Martinez $3,778
48 Alameda $3,778
49 Cherryland $3,778
50 Los Altos $3,778
51 East Palo Alto $3,778
52 Albany $3,778
53 South San Francisco $3,778
54 Belmont $3,778
55 Millbrae $3,778
56 San Mateo $3,778
57 Daly City $3,778
58 Union City $3,778
59 Redwood City $3,778
60 Stanford $3,778
61 Moraga $3,778
62 Lafayette $3,778
63 El Sobrante CDP (Contra Costa County) $3,778
64 Emeryville $3,778
65 North Fair Oaks $3,778
66 San Pablo $3,778
67 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley $3,778
68 Half Moon Bay $3,778
69 Corte Madera $3,778
70 Sausalito $3,778
71 San Leandro $3,778
72 Walnut Creek $3,778
73 Kentfield $3,778
74 Atherton $3,778
75 San Francisco $3,348
76 Fremont $1,885
77 Pleasanton $1,885
78 Dublin $1,885
79 Milpitas $1,885
80 Livermore $1,885
81 San Ramon $1,885
82 Rodeo $1,799
83 Novato $1,799
84 Petaluma $1,799
85 Pinole $1,799
86 Vallejo $1,799
87 Hercules $1,799
88 Lucas Valley-Marinwood $1,799
89 Oakley $1,658
90 Camino Tassajara $1,658
91 Blackhawk $1,658
92 Danville $1,658
93 Antioch $1,658
94 Brentwood $1,658
95 Clayton $1,658
96 Bell Gardens $1,607
97 Monrovia $1,607
98 La Puente $1,607
99 Adelanto $1,607
100 Lancaster $1,607

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest wages in California.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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