# Counties in California by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 58 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/california-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 417,542.5 |
| 2 | Santa Clara County | 238,895.3 |
| 3 | Orange County | 150,623 |
| 4 | San Diego County | 147,029.2 |
| 5 | San Francisco County | 136,764.9 |
| 6 | San Mateo County | 89,085.9 |
| 7 | Alameda County | 85,281 |
| 8 | Sacramento County | 63,727.6 |
| 9 | San Bernardino County | 59,316.6 |
| 10 | Riverside County | 55,512.7 |
| 11 | Contra Costa County | 35,736.1 |
| 12 | Fresno County | 27,081.8 |
| 13 | Ventura County | 26,585.8 |
| 14 | Kern County | 23,166.8 |
| 15 | San Joaquin County | 19,912.5 |
| 16 | Santa Barbara County | 16,706.2 |
| 17 | Sonoma County | 16,275.9 |
| 18 | Placer County | 15,127.9 |
| 19 | Stanislaus County | 13,844.1 |
| 20 | Monterey County | 13,720.7 |
| 21 | Solano County | 11,810.8 |
| 22 | Marin County | 11,391.9 |
| 23 | Tulare County | 10,218.7 |
| 24 | Yolo County | 9,288.5 |
| 25 | San Luis Obispo County | 8,216 |
| 26 | Santa Cruz County | 7,711.3 |
| 27 | Napa County | 6,202 |
| 28 | Merced County | 5,088.3 |
| 29 | Butte County | 5,001 |
| 30 | Shasta County | 4,599.7 |
| 31 | El Dorado County | 4,382.7 |
| 32 | Imperial County | 3,990.5 |
| 33 | Kings County | 3,689.7 |
| 34 | Madera County | 3,455.2 |
| 35 | Humboldt County | 3,157.9 |
| 36 | Nevada County | 2,429.4 |
| 37 | Sutter County | 1,981.1 |
| 38 | Mendocino County | 1,900.3 |
| 39 | Yuba County | 1,796.4 |
| 40 | Tehama County | 1,222.2 |
| 41 | San Benito County | 1,192 |
| 42 | Tuolumne County | 1,172.1 |
| 43 | Lake County | 1,035.6 |
| 44 | Siskiyou County | 844.2 |
| 45 | Amador County | 802.1 |
| 46 | Calaveras County | 658.6 |
| 47 | Colusa County | 599.3 |
| 48 | Lassen County | 594.6 |
| 49 | Glenn County | 569 |
| 50 | Inyo County | 510.8 |
| 51 | Mono County | 497.9 |
| 52 | Del Norte County | 485.4 |
| 53 | Plumas County | 440.1 |
| 54 | Mariposa County | 352.1 |
| 55 | Trinity County | 179.3 |
| 56 | Modoc County | 153.8 |
| 57 | Alpine County | 72.5 |
| 58 | Sierra County | 35.9 |