Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
SOC 51-2090 · 2024-2034
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $48,809per year
- Projected openings
- 107,200
- Projected change
- +1.4%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $53,690 | 14,970 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $53,278 | 2,480 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $52,540 | 7,910 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $49,329 | 1,010 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $47,985 | 550 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $47,513 | 280 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $47,390 | 1,070 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $47,308 | 370 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $47,308 | 980 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $47,144 | 1,200 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $47,061 | 11,850 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $46,846 | 570 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $46,384 | 210 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $46,144 | 16,490 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $45,984 | 5,770 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $45,974 | 80 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $45,522 | 2,650 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $45,430 | 610 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $44,863 | 25,600 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $44,332 | 3,430 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $43,912 | 1,130 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $43,276 | 350 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $41,921 | 240 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $41,778 | 14,210 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $41,511 | 2,260 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $40,341 | 260 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $40,085 | 60 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $40,013 | 1,180 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $39,767 | 430 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $37,222 | 110 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 390 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $37,865
- A quarter earn under
- $41,076
- Half earn under
- $48,809
- Three quarters earn under
- $61,441
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $74,492
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.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | $55,539 | 72,700 | 0% |
| Bakers | $44,104 | 52,930 | +8.8% |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | $45,024 | 51,810 | +4.1% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | $78,593 | 48,550 | +1.6% |
| Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers | $49,177 | 38,320 | -3.7% |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $38,652 | 36,380 | +8.5% |