2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other

Vallejo, CA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 130.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 35-9099
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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$37,330 · 50th
$34,69010th
$36,19025th
$37,33050th
$44,08075th
$46,85090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Vallejo earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$37,330 in Vallejo buys what $34,400 buys across the country as a whole.

Vallejo's regional price parity is 108.5 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. 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. Vallejo
San Jose$44,720$40,500110.4+17.7%
San Francisco$41,970$36,300115.6+5.5%
Napa$39,080$34,700112.6+0.9%
Santa Rosa$38,910$36,100107.8+4.9%
Redding$38,770$38,500100.7+11.9%
Fresno$37,760$37,000102.2+7.4%
Vallejo This page$37,330$34,400108.5
Los Angeles$36,810$32,400113.6−5.8%

Price parity and difference against Vallejo 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
130 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 35-9099, Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other. Mapped to our taxonomy as food-preparation-and-serving-related-workers-all-other.

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