Salaries & Cost of Living in Contra Costa County, CA

Median pay, take-home pay and what is left after rent, food and energy for 61 occupations in Contra Costa County, CA.

Jobs listed: 61; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Median of medians: $65,530; per year, before tax
1-bedroom rent: $2,290; HUD Fair Market Rent / month
Jobs covering basics: 85%; 52 of 61

Pay and cost of living in Contra Costa County, CA

Contra Costa County, CA is part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA labor market, and this page summarizes 61 occupations with published wages there. The median of their median salaries is $65,530 a year. The best-paid occupation listed is Computer and Information Systems Managers at $232,890, and the lowest is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $35,950.

A one-bedroom apartment in Contra Costa County, CA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,290 a month and a two-bedroom $2,805. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $37,091 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $67,694 a year, and 52 of the 61 occupations listed here (85%) earn enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.

Each occupation links to a detailed page with gross pay, take-home pay, rent, food and energy costs, and the monthly budget margin. All pages share one method, which makes it easy to compare jobs inside Contra Costa County, CA or against other counties.

All jobs in Contra Costa County, CA, highest paying first

Showing 1–50 of 61.

Occupations in Contra Costa County, CA ranked by median salary
#	Occupation	Median salary	Take-home	Left per month
1	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$232,890	$154,214	$9,760
2	Marketing Managers	$220,480	$147,221	$9,177
3	Financial Managers	$216,150	$144,781	$8,974
4	Lawyers	$212,500	$142,680	$8,799
5	Software Developers	$186,640	$125,919	$7,402
6	Registered Nurses	$186,610	$125,900	$7,401
7	Sales Managers	$170,810	$115,918	$6,569
8	Data Scientists	$170,110	$115,505	$6,534
9	Medical and Health Services Managers	$166,310	$113,261	$6,347
10	General and Operations Managers	$149,990	$103,624	$5,544
11	Project Management Specialists	$135,040	$94,796	$4,809
12	Computer Systems Analysts	$134,460	$94,453	$4,780
13	Financial and Investment Analysts	$130,520	$92,127	$4,586
14	Civil Engineers	$130,160	$91,914	$4,569
15	Management Analysts	$126,730	$89,889	$4,400
16	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$123,250	$87,834	$4,229
17	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$120,810	$86,393	$4,108
18	Accountants and Auditors	$110,730	$80,274	$3,599
19	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$105,190	$76,891	$3,317
20	Human Resources Specialists	$103,140	$75,640	$3,212
21	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$102,880	$75,481	$3,199
22	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$102,290	$75,121	$3,169
23	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$101,860	$74,858	$3,147
24	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$96,960	$71,867	$2,898
25	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$93,100	$69,510	$2,702
26	Computer User Support Specialists	$89,440	$67,276	$2,515
27	Carpenters	$89,200	$67,129	$2,503
28	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$88,560	$66,739	$2,471
29	Construction Laborers	$72,610	$56,955	$1,655
30	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$66,450	$53,115	$1,335
31	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$65,530	$52,541	$1,287
32	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$63,630	$51,297	$1,184
33	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$62,110	$50,197	$1,092
34	Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$61,330	$49,631	$1,045
35	Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$60,790	$49,230	$1,012
36	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators	$60,250	$48,828	$978
37	Medical Assistants	$59,790	$48,486	$950
38	Self-Enrichment Teachers	$59,470	$48,248	$930
39	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$58,950	$47,862	$898
40	Customer Service Representatives	$57,830	$47,029	$828
41	Nursing Assistants	$56,080	$45,728	$720
42	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$53,810	$44,040	$579
43	Office Clerks, General	$52,000	$42,694	$467
44	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$51,520	$42,337	$437
45	Light Truck Drivers	$50,820	$41,817	$394
46	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$49,360	$40,732	$303
47	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$48,400	$40,018	$244
48	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$48,040	$39,750	$222
49	Cooks, Fast Food	$46,670	$38,731	$137
50	Cooks, Restaurant	$46,030	$38,256	$97