How much do Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants make in Salinas, CA?

Percentile spread

For Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $37,230 and the 90th percentile is $47,450. The difference is $10,220, which is 24.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,990 to the 75th at $45,340, covers $7,350.

The mean annual wage is $42,170, which sits above the median of $42,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salinas, CA median is 18% higher than the national median of $35,670 for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,600, which is 8.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% higher than the California median of $41,770.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salinas, CA is 109.042, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $42,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants at $38,600 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

16 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants. Salinas, CA ranks 4th of 17 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $45,020 and employment of 460. That median is 7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,770, against $38,600 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 66 miles away, with a median of $40,240 and employment of 50. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,616, against $38,600 here.
• Merced, CA is 74 miles away, with a median of $36,940 and employment of 60. That median is 12.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,588, against $38,600 here.

Employment share

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Salinas, CA (120 of 186,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (102,010 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.98 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.