Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Salary — Bakersfield, California

The average Occupational Health and Safety Technicians in Bakersfield, California earns $63,330 a year.

$63,330 / year, mean
↓ 7.2% below national average 15th percentile in California

Bakersfield pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for occupational health and safety technicians — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
110
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.5%
Cost of living 101 #49 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $364,264 #72 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $67,660 #121 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bakersfield ranks #49 for cost of living and #72 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $95,030 Seattle $90,860 Midland $85,060 San Francisco $82,850 Lexington $82,400 Rockford $80,950 Vallejo $79,220 Detroit $78,260 Peoria $77,120 Lynchburg $76,910 Beaumont $75,410 Modesto $74,860 Grand Rapids $74,840 Portland $74,120 Chicago $74,020 New York $73,970 Evansville $72,850 Philadelphia $72,320 Baltimore $71,070 Terre Haute $70,780 Stockton $70,240 Fresno $69,690 Midland $68,600 San Diego $68,590 Pittsburgh $67,500 Palm Bay $67,330 Los Angeles $66,690 Houston $66,580 Miami $65,850 Fort Wayne $65,540 Allentown $65,360 Visalia $65,110 Virginia Beach $65,080 Sacramento $64,890 Albany $64,570 York $64,300 Odessa $64,200 Riverside $63,640 Bakersfield $63,330 Reading $63,240 Elkhart $63,040 Lancaster $62,960 Jacksonville $62,920 Richmond $62,850 Harrisburg $62,690 Louisville $62,460 Tampa $62,370 Corpus Christi $62,310 Orlando $62,080 Indianapolis $60,580 Lafayette $60,490 Oxnard $60,300 Dallas $60,180 Austin $60,000 San Antonio $59,730 Rochester $59,670 Syracuse $59,400 Harrisonburg $59,150 Scranton $59,100 Buffalo $58,980 Lakeland $58,330 Killeen $58,050 Tyler $57,850 Amarillo $57,100 Bloomington $54,030 Longview $52,180 El Paso $49,040 College Station $46,800
CityMean salaryvs. Bakersfield
Albany, New York$64,570+2.0%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$65,360+3.2%
Amarillo, Texas$57,100-9.8%
Austin, Texas$60,000-5.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$71,070+12.2%
Beaumont, Texas$75,410+19.1%
Bloomington, Indiana$54,030-14.7%
Buffalo, New York$58,980-6.9%
Chicago, Illinois$74,020+16.9%
College Station, Texas$46,800-26.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$62,310-1.6%
Dallas, Texas$60,180-5.0%
Detroit, Michigan$78,260+23.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$63,040-0.5%
El Paso, Texas$49,040-22.6%
Evansville, Indiana$72,850+15.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$65,540+3.5%
Fresno, California$69,690+10.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$74,840+18.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$62,690-1.0%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$59,150-6.6%
Houston, Texas$66,580+5.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$60,580-4.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$62,920-0.6%
Killeen, Texas$58,050-8.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$60,490-4.5%
Lakeland, Florida$58,330-7.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$62,960-0.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$82,400+30.1%
Longview, Texas$52,180-17.6%
Los Angeles, California$66,690+5.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$62,460-1.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$76,910+21.4%
Miami, Florida$65,850+4.0%
Midland, Michigan$85,060+34.3%
Midland, Texas$68,600+8.3%
Modesto, California$74,860+18.2%
New York, New York$73,970+16.8%
Odessa, Texas$64,200+1.4%
Orlando, Florida$62,080-2.0%
Oxnard, California$60,300-4.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$67,330+6.3%
Peoria, Illinois$77,120+21.8%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$72,320+14.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,500+6.6%
Portland, Oregon$74,120+17.0%
Reading, Pennsylvania$63,240-0.1%
Richmond, Virginia$62,850-0.8%
Riverside, California$63,640+0.5%
Rochester, New York$59,670-5.8%
Rockford, Illinois$80,950+27.8%
Sacramento, California$64,890+2.5%
San Antonio, Texas$59,730-5.7%
San Diego, California$68,590+8.3%
San Francisco, California$82,850+30.8%
San Jose, California$95,030+50.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$59,100-6.7%
Seattle, Washington$90,860+43.5%
Stockton, California$70,240+10.9%
Syracuse, New York$59,400-6.2%
Tampa, Florida$62,370-1.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$70,780+11.8%
Tyler, Texas$57,850-8.7%
Vallejo, California$79,220+25.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$65,080+2.8%
Visalia, California$65,110+2.8%
York, Pennsylvania$64,300+1.5%
Gross salary
63,330/yr
Estimated take-home
51,072/yr
Est. total withheld
19.4%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Bakersfield

These notes add local color around Bakersfield, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 19-5012 SOC code
Official area Bakersfield-Delano, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 12540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Delano
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
910,433