[dimondpark]

According to the US Dept of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Released April 26, 2007

Average Annual Salary
06085 Santa Clara $71,774
06075 San Francisco 66,398
06081 San Mateo 65,525
06001 Alameda 52,783
06041 Marin 51,595
06013 Contra Costa 51,416
06059 Orange 46,872
06037 Los Angeles 46,228
06067 Sacramento 44,603
06111 Ventura 44,557
06073 San Diego 43,419
06055 Napa 40,102
06061 Placer 39,956
06097 Sonoma 39,870
06113 Yolo 39,725
06083 Santa Barbara 39,061
06095 Solano 38,849
06087 Santa Cruz 37,983
06053 Monterey 37,246
06115 Yuba 37,130
06071 San Bernardino 35,918
06077 San Joaquin 35,458
06017 El Dorado 35,225
06029 Kern 35,154
06069 San Benito 34,793
06065 Riverside 34,697
06099 Stanislaus 34,560
06051 Mono 34,288
06079 San Luis Obispo 33,660
06057 Nevada 33,542
06035 Lassen 33,470
06031 Kings 33,214
06019 Fresno 32,822
06005 Amador 32,801
06089 Shasta 32,189
06063 Plumas 32,131
06109 Tuolumne 31,902
06047 Merced 30,787
06101 Sutter 30,688
06025 Imperial 30,599
06039 Madera 30,168
06103 Tehama 30,069
06007 Butte 29,989
06011 Colusa 29,642
06033 Lake 29,633
06027 Inyo 29,623
06023 Humboldt 29,562
06015 Del Norte 29,402
06107 Tulare 29,101
06045 Mendocino 28,993
06009 Calaveras 28,929
06091 Sierra 28,847
06021 Glenn 28,784
06043 Mariposa 28,242
06093 Siskiyou 27,772
06105 Trinity 27,599
06049 Modoc 26,726
06003 Alpine 26,392

Total Wage Disbursements(in thousands of dollars)
06037 Los Angeles 201,651,773
06059 Orange 75,058,004
06085 Santa Clara 65,423,353
06073 San Diego 64,943,979
06001 Alameda 38,074,308
06075 San Francisco 37,283,371
06067 Sacramento 29,386,151
06071 San Bernardino 24,787,312
06081 San Mateo 23,032,437
06065 Riverside 22,486,040
06013 Contra Costa 18,817,501
06111 Ventura 15,139,517
06019 Fresno 11,802,161
06029 Kern 10,040,956
06077 San Joaquin 8,177,767
06097 Sonoma 8,083,023
06083 Santa Barbara 7,908,405
06053 Monterey 6,993,775
06099 Stanislaus 6,357,903
06041 Marin 6,153,788
06061 Placer 5,724,199
06095 Solano 5,619,802
06107 Tulare 4,368,279
06113 Yolo 4,018,960
06087 Santa Cruz 3,918,362
06079 San Luis Obispo 3,698,782
06055 Napa 2,768,615
06007 Butte 2,416,911
06089 Shasta 2,256,929
06047 Merced 2,227,592
06017 El Dorado 1,935,405
06025 Imperial 1,751,673
06031 Kings 1,620,156
06023 Humboldt 1,557,596
06039 Madera 1,380,719
06057 Nevada 1,082,646
06045 Mendocino 996,751
06101 Sutter 865,490
06115 Yuba 799,664
06109 Tuolumne 625,306
06069 San Benito 604,627
06103 Tehama 553,144
06033 Lake 477,148
06005 Amador 435,826
06093 Siskiyou 422,585
06035 Lassen 352,978
06009 Calaveras 287,208
06051 Mono 259,356
06015 Del Norte 256,095
06063 Plumas 251,521
06011 Colusa 250,593
06027 Inyo 246,137
06021 Glenn 231,477
06043 Mariposa 155,416
06105 Trinity 86,743
06049 Modoc 81,113
06091 Sierra 25,328
06003 Alpine 23,410

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

NoCal Rocks SoCal! You guys make a lot of money up there :)

[sofresh808]

Alameda above Marin???

[fflint]

NoCal Rocks SoCal! You guys make a lot of money up there :)
Hey, now, let's not make this into a regionalist thing.

[LosAngelesSportsFan]

Just messing around.

[dl3000]

Its the computer dudes that make Santa Clara top.

[Buckeye Native 001]

I had a feeling I lived below the poverty line in Orange County... ;)

[ltsmotorsport]

Whatever gave a college student that idea?

I don't know why, but I'm kinda surprised Sac County has a higher average than SD County, and that Contra Costa is so high. But I guess CC could be explained by commuters going to all their tech jobs further into the bay.

[fflint]

...I'm kinda surprised ...Contra Costa is so high. But I guess CC could be explained by commuters going to all their tech jobs further into the bay.
Contra Costa has a large, high-end suburban cluster--Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Danville, etc. BART goes out there.

[dimondpark]

Contra Costa has a large, high-end suburban cluster--Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Danville, etc. BART goes out there.

Very true, San Ramon is a gold mine for high paying jobs with Bishop Ranch, the largest office park in Northern California.

Speaking of San Ramon, its also the world HQ of Chevron, 4th largest company in the world.

[dimondpark]

Alameda above Marin???

Alameda County has a much more diverse economy and far more professional and high earning jobs. AC has a blue collar image but its one of the most white collar places of employment in the state these days.

[dimondpark]

NoCal Rocks SoCal! You guys make a lot of money up there :)

Actually, Santa Clara and San Mateo are still trying to catch up to where they were in 2000. There was a huge drop between 2000 and 2001 due to the tech bust. But things are picking up.

2000
06085 Santa Clara $74,381
06081 San Mateo 66,339
06075 San Francisco 57,852
06001 Alameda 44,597
06013 Contra Costa 41,960
06041 Marin 41,875
06037 Los Angeles 39,279
06059 Orange 38,821
06067 Sacramento 37,487
06073 San Diego 36,662

2001
06085 Santa Clara 64,991
06081 San Mateo 61,535
06075 San Francisco 60,729
06001 Alameda 46,029
06013 Contra Costa 44,466
06041 Marin 42,793
06037 Los Angeles 40,447
06059 Orange 39,865
06067 Sacramento 38,894
06073 San Diego 37,673

Here's 1969
06075 San Francisco 8,196
06085 Santa Clara 8,131
06081 San Mateo 7,939
06037 Los Angeles 7,834
06001 Alameda 7,717
06067 Sacramento 7,480
06059 Orange 7,279
06013 Contra Costa 7,253
06109 Tuolumne 6,989
06095 Solano 6,879

[ltsmotorsport]

Contra Costa has a large, high-end suburban cluster--Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Danville, etc. BART goes out there.

Wow. I just had a huge brain-fart. I was thinking of Solano when I saw Contra Costa. :dunce:

[HurricaneHugo]

Hopefully I raise San Diego's average. :D

[LAMetroGuy]

higher salary, higher rents... cost of living, etc. I prefer la and sd stay where they are!

[BTinSF]

Contra Costa has a large, high-end suburban cluster--Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Danville, etc. BART goes out there.

Orinda/Moraga/Lafayette are very tony but I was under the impression that the rankings were of salaries paid in the county, not salaries paid to residents of the county. Most of the wealthier residents of Contra Costa work in SF, I suspect. But maybe some high wages are paid in those 680 corridor office parks. And, yeah, the CEO of Chevron by himself would drag up the average quite a bit.

[BTinSF]

Alameda above Marin???

Once again, I think the ranking is based on salaries paid in the county, not salaries paid to county residents (who, in the case of Marin, often work in SF). Marin is mostly residential and the wages paid there tilt toward people providing services to those who live there. That would mean there are some doctors, lawyers and such, but also a lot of waiters, maids, gardners and others not known for high salaries.

[fflint]

Once again, I think the ranking is based on salaries paid in the county, not salaries paid to county residents
You wrote that twice, but it appears incorrect.

From the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis website:

Per capita personal income is calculated as the personal income of residents of a given area divided by the resident population of the area. In computing per capita personal income, BEA uses the Census Bureau's annual midyear population estimates.

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/lapi_newsrelease.htm

[Smiley Person]

I'd say Marin's figures are polarized... on one end, there are those that commute to high payin jobs in the city, on the other, there are the artists and hippies on the west side of the county.