Fresno County · California
Fresno, CA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Fresno, CA earn a median of $37,712 a year, 15% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 8.7% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.2% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $37,712#74 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 8.7%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 62.6%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 232,820Civilian employed, age 16+
What Fresno does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance26.2%
- Retail trade10.2%
- Professional, scientific & management10.2%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9.2%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities7.4%
- Construction6.3%
- Public administration6.3%
- Manufacturing6%
- Other services, except public administration5.2%
- Finance, insurance & real estate4.8%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining4.2%
- Wholesale trade2.5%
- Information1.4%
Related data for Fresno
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.