How does Animal Control Workers pay in California compare to the national average?

California Animal Control Workers salaries are 37% above the US national median of $45,830 per year.

What is the salary range for a Animal Control Workers in California?

Animal Control Workers salaries in California range from $46,730 (10th percentile) to $79,980 (90th percentile) per year, per 2024 BLS OEWS data.

Animal Control Workers Salary in California

SOC 33-9011 · State · 2024 BLS OEWS

The median salary for a Animal Control Workers in California is $62,760 per year as of 2024. That works out to roughly $30.17 per hour. This is 37% above the national median of $45,830. 1,280 people work as Animal Control Workers in California. Wages have grown 38% since 2014, when the median was $45,620.

Median Annual Salary

$62,760

Mean Annual

$63,690

Median Hourly

$30.17

Total Employed

1,280

Location Quotient

0.93

Average concentration

Salary Distribution

$47k

10th

$53k

25th

$63k

Median

$73k

75th

$80k

90th

How This Compares

California

$62,760

this metro

United States

$45,830

you earn +37% vs US

Salary Trend

View data table

Year	Median Annual	Mean Annual	Employment
2024	$62,760	$63,690	1,280
2023	$61,710	$62,670	1,010
2022	$57,730	$57,410	1,150
2021	$58,870	$55,460	1,110
2020	$52,600	$54,910	1,350
2019	$52,510	$53,920	1,360
2018	$54,770	$54,620	1,240
2017	$50,230	$50,600	1,600
2016	$49,240	$49,230	1,650
2015	$47,400	$47,660	1,520
2014	$45,620	$46,070	1,470

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