SOC 47-5081 · Construction and Extraction Occupations · May 2025
How much do Helpers--Extraction Workers make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Extraction Workers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $51,750. The 10th percentile is $37,050 and the 90th percentile is $57,920. Employment is 190.
Median annual wage
$51,750
- 10th percentile
- $37,050
- 25th percentile
- $45,300
- Median
- $51,750
- 75th percentile
- $56,130
- 90th percentile
- $57,920
- Mean
- $49,200
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Helpers--Extraction Workers, the published 10th percentile is $37,050 and the 90th percentile is $57,920. The difference is $20,870, which is 40.3% 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 $45,300 to the 75th at $56,130, covers $10,830.
The mean annual wage is $49,200, which sits below the median of $51,750. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 8.4% higher than the national median of $47,730 for Helpers--Extraction Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,618, which is 1.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 0.1% higher than the California median of $51,720.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,750 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Helpers--Extraction Workers at $48,618 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Helpers--Extraction Workers. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 1st of 2 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).).
- Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 157 miles away, with a median of $51,060 and employment of 170. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,612, against $48,618 here.
Employment share
Helpers--Extraction Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (190 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (6,700 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.57 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA · Helpers--Extraction Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Helpers--Extraction Workers make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Helpers--Extraction Workers in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $51,750. The 10th percentile is $37,050 and the 90th percentile is $57,920. Employment is 190.
How does that compare with the national median for Helpers--Extraction Workers?
The local median is 8.4% higher than the national median of $47,730.
What is Helpers--Extraction Workers pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $51,750 is $48,618. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA compare with nearby metros for Helpers--Extraction Workers?
Bakersfield-Delano, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 157 miles away, at $51,060. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.