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Media and Communication Workers, All Other

SOC 27-3099 · 2024-2034

All media and communication workers not listed separately.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$105,503per year
Projected openings
13,840
Projected change
+11.7%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$121,505190
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$102,1743,580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$100,6388,490
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$92,535280
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$83,417230
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$79,658440
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$76,360140
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$67,135340
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$47,64080
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported90

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$45,376
A quarter earn under
$65,308
Half earn under
$105,503
Three quarters earn under
$108,618
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$175,180

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Related work

Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Coaches and Scouts$48,99449,610+10.7%
ActorsNot reported39,840+4.4%
Producers and Directors$133,42331,850+12.2%
Public Relations Specialists$87,41031,480+8.2%
Art Directors$141,63730,370+5.5%
Graphic Designers$77,23324,970+1.2%

Programs that train for this job5