SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA is $36,140. The 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $43,300. Employment is 420.

Median annual wage

$36,140

10th percentile
$34,320
25th percentile
$34,940
Median
$36,140
75th percentile
$37,860
90th percentile
$43,300
Mean
$38,190

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a workshop bench. Photograph by ABDULIUMAR. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $43,300. The difference is $8,980, which is 24.8% 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 $34,940 to the 75th at $37,860, covers $2,920.

The mean annual wage is $38,190, which sits above the median of $36,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,279, which is 8.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3% lower than the California median of $37,260.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA is 108.596, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $33,279 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA ranks 7th of 15 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).).

  • Hanford-Corcoran, CA is 59 miles away, with a median of $35,940 and employment of 380. That median is 0.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,370, against $33,279 here.
  • Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $36,020 and employment of 720. That median is 0.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,107, against $33,279 here.
  • Salinas, CA is 76 miles away, with a median of $35,480 and employment of 2,700. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,538, against $33,279 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.34% of wage-and-salary employment in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA (420 of 122,020). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.96 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA is $36,140. The 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $43,300. Employment is 420.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 0.4% lower than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA is 108.596, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,140 is $33,279. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Hanford-Corcoran, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 59 miles away, at $35,940. San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA ranks 7th of 15 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.