2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Driver/Sales Workers

Merced, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 330.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$49,290 · 50th
$37,68010th
$41,69025th
$49,29050th
$57,97075th
$64,81090th

That is the medianhalf of driver/sales workers in Merced earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$49,290 in Merced buys what $50,200 buys across the country as a whole.

Merced's regional price parity is 98.3 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in California

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Merced
San Jose$51,260$46,400110.4−7.4%
Merced This page$49,290$50,20098.3
Yuba City$49,110$47,100104.2−6.1%
Santa Rosa$49,000$45,500107.8−9.4%
Sacramento$48,860$45,800106.7−8.7%
Visalia$48,000$48,10099.8−4.1%
Vallejo$47,780$44,000108.5−12.2%
Fresno$47,170$46,200102.2−7.9%

Price parity and difference against Merced are in the full table on wider screens.

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.
Employment
330 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 53-3031, Driver/Sales Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as driver-sales-workers.

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