Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Across all occupations in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA metropolitan area, the median wage is $48,470 a year ($23.30 an hour) and the mean $64,230, May 2025. That median is −5% against the US median of $50,980 and −17% against California's $58,240. BLS counts 48,820 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is dentists, general; the largest is farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse.

All occupations: Hanford-Corcoran, CA vs California and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA area, California and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	Hourly	$16.53	$17.66	$23.30	$36.91	$54.64	$30.88	48,820
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	Annual	$34,390	$36,720	$48,470	$76,770	$113,660	$64,230	48,820
California	Hourly	$17.28	$20.00	$28.00	$47.06	$76.48	$38.79	18,213,700
California	Annual	$35,950	$41,600	$58,240	$97,880	$159,080	$80,690	18,213,700
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

196 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: California. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Dentists, General	$222,430	$106.94	60
2	Computer and Information Systems Managers in California	$186,340	$89.59	50
3	Pharmacists	$171,900	$82.64	90
4	Nurse Practitioners	$168,540	$81.03	70
5	Physician Assistants	$161,470	$77.63	40
6	Chief Executives	$160,950	$77.38	50
7	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$159,950	*	140
8	Lawyers in California	$149,430	$71.84	90
9	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$147,210	$70.77	40
10	Marketing Managers	$135,200	$65.00	30
11	Financial Managers in California	$131,320	$63.14	100
12	Registered Nurses in California	$128,160	$61.61	710
13	Industrial Production Managers	$127,810	$61.45	70
14	Physical Therapists	$127,460	$61.28	40
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$127,010	$61.06	180
16	Managers, All Other in California	$126,250	$60.70	80
17	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$125,150	$60.17	60
18	Computer Systems Analysts	$122,320	$58.81	50
19	Speech-Language Pathologists	$120,550	$57.96	50
20	Project Management Specialists in California	$118,380	$56.91	90

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	3,940	80.72	47.27	$35,890
2	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in California	3,250	66.55	2.40	$34,320
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in California	1,610	33.06	1.33	$42,060
4	Cashiers in California	1,130	23.20	1.17	$35,420
5	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in California	1,080	22.09	2.42	$45,780
6	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in California	950	19.48	2.18	$98,470
7	Retail Salespersons in California	920	18.86	0.75	$37,900
8	Office Clerks, General in California	910	18.57	1.17	$46,820
9	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in California	810	16.58	1.25	$48,110
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in California	790	16.10	0.85	$48,420
11	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in California	730	14.97	2.19	$102,010
12	Stockers and Order Fillers in California	720	14.72	0.81	$39,460
13	Registered Nurses in California	710	14.49	0.67	$128,160
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in California	610	12.45	0.88	$43,570
15	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General in California	520	10.69	1.09	$59,200
16	General and Operations Managers in California	490	10.02	0.44	$104,730
16	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in California	490	9.93	1.26	$46,270
18	Medical Assistants in California	480	9.76	1.86	$49,510
19	Cooks, Fast Food in California	450	9.19	2.23	$41,280
20	Waiters and Waitresses in California	380	7.88	0.54	$35,160

Most concentrated occupations in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	47.27	3,940	80.72	$35,890
2	First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	27.90	240	5.02	$49,580
3	Agricultural Equipment Operators	23.72	210	4.35	$37,420
4	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	11.50	220	4.45	$66,310
5	Food Processing Workers, All Other	6.08	120	2.54	$53,420
6	Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	3.81	170	3.38	$85,250
7	Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	3.04	360	7.45	$37,650
8	Butchers and Meat Cutters	2.97	130	2.61	$43,980
9	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	2.55	300	6.22	$45,900
10	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	2.50	120	2.48	$51,850

Occupation groups in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$115,590	$128,680	1,930	39.54	0.55
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$102,410	$118,120	2,610	53.43	0.85
Computer and Mathematical	$99,960	$113,460	420	8.65	0.26
Legal	$99,220	$138,340	180	3.59	0.43
Protective Service	$99,090	$93,570	3,960	81.08	3.34
Architecture and Engineering	$97,970	$109,350	230	4.78	0.28
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$80,720	$90,950	330	6.76	0.71
Business and Financial Operations	$77,030	$83,390	1,540	31.48	0.46
Educational Instruction and Library	$73,120	$77,050	3,990	81.64	1.39
Community and Social Service	$69,740	$77,970	1,230	25.16	1.47
Construction and Extraction	$66,540	$75,930	1,210	24.81	0.60
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$62,820	$67,160	1,820	37.34	0.95
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$59,970	$67,220	100	2.01	0.15
Production	$50,690	$56,310	2,470	50.62	0.92
Office and Administrative Support	$49,520	$53,390	4,230	86.62	0.76
Transportation and Material Moving	$43,370	$48,740	4,160	85.21	0.97
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$42,730	$45,360	1,090	22.40	0.77
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$39,420	$41,980	4,110	84.19	0.96
Sales and Related	$37,980	$47,060	3,210	65.66	0.76
Personal Care and Service	$36,720	$42,640	920	18.86	0.90
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$35,890	$38,040	4,700	96.23	34.38
Healthcare Support	$34,320	$38,890	4,390	89.96	1.77

Every occupation in California, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 196 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Hanford-Corcoran, CA estimates (area 25260).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Hanford-Corcoran, CA area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.