SOC 51-6051 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Sewers, Hand make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sewers, Hand in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $48,540. The 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $52,800. Employment was not published.

Median annual wage

$48,540

10th percentile
$34,320
25th percentile
$34,850
Median
$48,540
75th percentile
$52,800
90th percentile
$52,800
Mean
$44,960

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 Sewers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $52,800. The difference is $18,480, which is 38.1% 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 $34,850 to the 75th at $52,800, covers $17,950.

The mean annual wage is $44,960, which sits below the median of $48,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 33.1% higher than the national median of $36,480 for Sewers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,742, which is 17.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.4% higher than the California median of $42,420.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sewers, Hand at $42,742 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Sewers, Hand in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Sewers, Hand 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 Sewers, Hand make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Sewers, Hand in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $48,540. The 10th percentile is $34,320 and the 90th percentile is $52,800.

How does that compare with the national median for Sewers, Hand?

The local median is 33.1% higher than the national median of $36,480.

What is Sewers, Hand pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,540 is $42,742. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.