Median household income in California

At $94,761, the median household income in California is 21% above the national figure of $78,067, ranking 7 of 52, with Santa Clara County the highest county at $153,792.

Household income is the base every other money decision sits on: what you can borrow, what you can save, what a house costs you in real terms.

Median household income in California by county
Rank	County	Typical figure	Context
1	Santa Clara County	$153,792	1,916,831 residents
2	San Mateo County	$149,907	754,250 residents
3	Marin County	$142,019	260,485 residents
4	San Francisco County	$136,689	851,036 residents
5	Alameda County	$122,488	1,663,823 residents
6	Contra Costa County	$120,020	1,162,648 residents
7	Placer County	$109,375	406,608 residents
8	Orange County	$109,361	3,175,227 residents
9	Napa County	$105,809	137,384 residents
10	San Benito County	$104,451	64,753 residents
11	Santa Cruz County	$104,409	268,571 residents
12	Ventura County	$102,141	842,009 residents
13	Alpine County	$101,125	1,515 residents
14	Sonoma County	$99,266	488,436 residents
15	El Dorado County	$99,246	191,713 residents
16	Solano County	$97,037	450,995 residents
17	San Diego County	$96,974	3,289,701 residents
18	Santa Barbara County	$92,332	445,213 residents
19	Monterey County	$91,043	437,609 residents
20	San Luis Obispo County	$90,158	281,712 residents
21	Yolo County	$85,097	217,141 residents
22	Riverside County	$84,505	2,429,487 residents
23	Sacramento County	$84,010	1,579,211 residents
24	Los Angeles County	$83,411	9,936,690 residents
25	San Joaquin County	$82,837	779,445 residents
26	Mono County	$82,038	13,219 residents
27	Nevada County	$79,395	102,322 residents
28	Calaveras County	$77,526	45,674 residents
29	San Bernardino County	$77,423	2,180,563 residents
30	Stanislaus County	$74,872	552,063 residents
31	Amador County	$74,853	40,577 residents
32	Madera County	$73,543	157,243 residents
33	Sutter County	$72,654	99,101 residents
34	Tuolumne County	$70,432	54,993 residents
35	Colusa County	$69,619	21,811 residents
36	Kings County	$68,540	152,515 residents
37	Shasta County	$68,347	181,852 residents
38	Plumas County	$67,885	19,650 residents
39	Fresno County	$67,756	1,008,280 residents
40	Yuba County	$66,693	81,705 residents

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Methodology

Every figure on this page comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates. We store one row per county and roll counties up to state level, weighting each county by its population so that large metros are not treated the same as very small counties.

The median household income shown for a state is that population-weighted figure, not a simple average of county values. National comparisons use the same method across all states, so the state-versus-U.S. gap you see is a like-for-like comparison.

These are survey estimates, not transaction records, and they describe typical households rather than any individual situation. Nothing here is personalised financial advice.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (5-year).

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