California · SOC 51-0000 · Annual, 2025
Production occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 51-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 755,300 people in California worked in production occupations (SOC 51-0000), with an average annual wage of $64,890.
Employment in production occupations in California declined 5.4% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in California than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.75). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 755,300Employment, 2025
- $64,890Mean annual wage
- 4.2%Share of California jobs
- 0.75Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 981,700; 2005 978,200; 2006 980,700; 2007 960,500; 2008 930,900; 2009 834,800; 2010 812,900; 2011 818,300; 2012 831,000; 2013 841,700; 2014 860,500; 2015 876,100; 2016 882,500; 2017 855,100; 2018 848,500; 2019 840,500; 2020 798,700; 2021 809,000; 2022 830,500; 2023 804,100; 2024 771,200; 2025 755,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 755,284 | $64,891 | 2.1% |
| 2024 | 771,177 | $61,331 | 4.1% |
| 2023 | 804,130 | $57,827 | 3.2% |
| 2022 | 830,542 | $55,962 | 2.7% |
| 2021 | 808,956 | $55,402 | 1.3% |
| 2020 | 798,658 | $52,209 | 5.0% |
| 2019 | 840,485 | $47,334 | 0.9% |
| 2018 | 848,485 | $46,129 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 855,134 | $44,247 | 3.1% |
| 2016 | 882,490 | $41,455 | 0.7% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Production occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for production occupations in California. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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