# Counties in California by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 58 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | San Mateo County | 4,121 |
| 2 | Santa Clara County | 4,075 |
| 3 | San Francisco County | 3,776 |
| 4 | Alameda County | 1,961 |
| 5 | Marin County | 1,826 |
| 6 | Contra Costa County | 1,677 |
| 7 | Los Angeles County | 1,655 |
| 8 | San Diego County | 1,642 |
| 9 | Orange County | 1,632 |
| 10 | Sacramento County | 1,577 |
| 11 | Yolo County | 1,533 |
| 12 | Placer County | 1,458 |
| 13 | Solano County | 1,413 |
| 14 | Sonoma County | 1,409 |
| 15 | Napa County | 1,408 |
| 16 | Santa Barbara County | 1,405 |
| 17 | Ventura County | 1,387 |
| 18 | Santa Cruz County | 1,349 |
| 19 | Yuba County | 1,342 |
| 20 | El Dorado County | 1,316 |
| 21 | Nevada County | 1,265 |
| 22 | Stanislaus County | 1,246 |
| 23 | San Luis Obispo County | 1,242 |
| 24 | San Joaquin County | 1,230 |
| 25 | San Bernardino County | 1,226 |
| 26 | Monterey County | 1,223 |
| 27 | Plumas County | 1,210 |
| 28 | Inyo County | 1,200 |
| 29 | Kern County | 1,187 |
| 30 | Colusa County | 1,185 |
| 31 | Amador County | 1,184 |
| 32 | Shasta County | 1,177 |
| 33 | San Benito County | 1,176 |
| 34 | Riverside County | 1,175 |
| 35 | Tuolumne County | 1,165 |
| 36 | Fresno County | 1,162 |
| 37 | Tehama County | 1,156 |
| 38 | Calaveras County | 1,155 |
| 39 | Lassen County | 1,154 |
| 40 | Butte County | 1,144 |
| 41 | Trinity County | 1,134 |
| 42 | Madera County | 1,113 |
| 43 | Del Norte County | 1,110 |
| 44 | Humboldt County | 1,106 |
| 45 | Kings County | 1,102 |
| 46 | Sutter County | 1,098 |
| 47 | Merced County | 1,093 |
| 48 | Imperial County | 1,083 |
| 49 | Siskiyou County | 1,080 |
| 50 | Lake County | 1,076 |
| 51 | Glenn County | 1,068 |
| 51 | Sierra County | 1,068 |
| 53 | Mendocino County | 1,066 |
| 54 | Tulare County | 1,054 |
| 55 | Mariposa County | 1,040 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 1,036 |
| 57 | Mono County | 1,033 |
| 58 | Alpine County | 938 |