Bakersfield vs. Visalia
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Median, spread and buying power, side by side.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 45-2092
Fig. 1 — Side by side
Both distributions, one scale
10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
Table 1 — Adjusted
Visalia's median is 0.5% higher — but at national prices the two medians buy almost exactly the same.
Bakersfield's median $34,620 buys $34,300 at national prices (price parity 100.9); Visalia's $34,800 buys $34,900 (99.8).
Table 2 — The figures
Point by point
Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Visalia against Bakersfield.
| Bakersfield | Visalia | Δ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | 32,500 | 21,420 | −34.1% |
| 10th percentile | $34,320 | $34,320 | +0.0% |
| 25th percentile | $34,320 | $34,320 | +0.0% |
| Median | $34,620 | $34,800 | +0.5% |
| 75th percentile | $35,260 | $35,210 | −0.1% |
| 90th percentile | $36,330 | $38,240 | +5.3% |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Full pages
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Bakersfield · Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse in Visalia
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