How much do First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers make in Bakersfield-Delano, CA?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $56,720 and the 90th percentile is $146,370. The difference is $89,650, which is 95.1% 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 $72,870 to the 75th at $119,460, covers $46,590.

The mean annual wage is $96,740, which sits above the median of $94,280. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bakersfield-Delano, CA median is 18.1% higher than the national median of $79,860 for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $93,452, which is 17% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% higher than the California median of $93,660.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 100.886, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $94,280 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers at $93,452 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers. Bakersfield-Delano, CA ranks 2nd of 14 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).).

• Visalia, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $84,430 and employment of 470. That median is 10.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,578, against $93,452 here.
• Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 72 miles away, with a median of $88,840 and employment of 920. That median is 5.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,373, against $93,452 here.
• Hanford-Corcoran, CA is 79 miles away, with a median of $86,480 and employment of 180. That median is 8.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $85,108, against $93,452 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers accounts for 0.35% of wage-and-salary employment in Bakersfield-Delano, CA (1,170 of 338,230). Nationally the occupation is 0.40% of employment (617,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.87 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.