Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other Salary — Redding, California

The average Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other in Redding, California earns $39,800 a year.

$39,800 / year, mean
↑ 6.3% above national average 41th percentile in California

Redding sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for food preparation and serving related workers, all other — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
100
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 101 #53 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $375,604 #64 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $71,931 #92 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Redding ranks #53 for cost of living and #64 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Salem $52,400 San Francisco $47,390 Bend $45,520 San Jose $45,320 Trenton $43,860 Salinas $42,430 Portland $42,250 Napa $41,750 Chicago $41,630 San Luis Obispo $41,510 Santa Rosa $41,390 Los Angeles $41,080 Santa Maria $40,720 Vallejo $40,500 Atlantic City $40,450 Fresno $40,350 Sacramento $40,270 Oxnard $40,170 Riverside $39,940 Redding $39,800 San Diego $39,240 Vineland $38,970 Visalia $38,820 Modesto $38,440 Baltimore $38,350 New York $38,170 Stockton $38,120 Merced $37,960 Bakersfield $37,850 Peoria $37,680 Lexington Park $37,100 Austin $37,060 Chico $36,950 Detroit $36,860 Yuba City $36,780 Seattle $36,410 Orlando $36,330 Harrisonburg $36,230 Allentown $35,990 Champaign $35,710 Lansing $35,700 Port St. Lucie $35,590 Fort Myers $35,520 Gainesville $35,490 Philadelphia $35,390 Sarasota $35,110 Miami $34,970 Rockford $34,970 Springfield $34,420 Grand Rapids $34,370 Richmond $34,350 Virginia Beach $34,330 Hagerstown $34,010 Dallas $33,940 Charlottesville $33,860 Lakeland $33,740 Harrisburg $33,610 Jacksonville $33,520 Panama City $33,330 Naples $33,090 Pensacola $33,060 Indianapolis $32,740 Dover $32,390 San Antonio $32,130 Pittsburgh $31,980 Houston $31,510 Palm Bay $30,710 Beaumont $30,520 Reading $30,480 College Station $30,370 El Paso $29,350 Lubbock $28,260 Corpus Christi $27,430
CityMean salaryvs. Redding
Allentown, Pennsylvania$35,990-9.6%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$40,450+1.6%
Austin, Texas$37,060-6.9%
Bakersfield, California$37,850-4.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$38,350-3.6%
Beaumont, Texas$30,520-23.3%
Bend, Oregon$45,520+14.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$35,520-10.8%
Champaign, Illinois$35,710-10.3%
Charlottesville, Virginia$33,860-14.9%
Chicago, Illinois$41,630+4.6%
Chico, California$36,950-7.2%
College Station, Texas$30,370-23.7%
Corpus Christi, Texas$27,430-31.1%
Dallas, Texas$33,940-14.7%
Detroit, Michigan$36,860-7.4%
Dover, Delaware$32,390-18.6%
El Paso, Texas$29,350-26.3%
Fresno, California$40,350+1.4%
Gainesville, Florida$35,490-10.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$34,370-13.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$34,010-14.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$33,610-15.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$36,230-9.0%
Houston, Texas$31,510-20.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$32,740-17.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$33,520-15.8%
Lakeland, Florida$33,740-15.2%
Lansing, Michigan$35,700-10.3%
Lexington Park, Maryland$37,100-6.8%
Los Angeles, California$41,080+3.2%
Lubbock, Texas$28,260-29.0%
Merced, California$37,960-4.6%
Miami, Florida$34,970-12.1%
Modesto, California$38,440-3.4%
Napa, California$41,750+4.9%
Naples, Florida$33,090-16.9%
New York, New York$38,170-4.1%
Sarasota, Florida$35,110-11.8%
Orlando, Florida$36,330-8.7%
Oxnard, California$40,170+0.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$30,710-22.8%
Panama City, Florida$33,330-16.3%
Pensacola, Florida$33,060-16.9%
Peoria, Illinois$37,680-5.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$35,390-11.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$31,980-19.6%
Portland, Oregon$42,250+6.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$35,590-10.6%
Reading, Pennsylvania$30,480-23.4%
Richmond, Virginia$34,350-13.7%
Riverside, California$39,940+0.4%
Rockford, Illinois$34,970-12.1%
Sacramento, California$40,270+1.2%
Salem, Oregon$52,400+31.7%
Salinas, California$42,430+6.6%
San Antonio, Texas$32,130-19.3%
San Diego, California$39,240-1.4%
San Francisco, California$47,390+19.1%
San Jose, California$45,320+13.9%
San Luis Obispo, California$41,510+4.3%
Santa Maria, California$40,720+2.3%
Santa Rosa, California$41,390+4.0%
Seattle, Washington$36,410-8.5%
Springfield, Illinois$34,420-13.5%
Stockton, California$38,120-4.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$43,860+10.2%
Vallejo, California$40,500+1.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$38,970-2.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$34,330-13.7%
Visalia, California$38,820-2.5%
Yuba City, California$36,780-7.6%
Gross salary
39,800/yr
Estimated take-home
33,432/yr
Est. total withheld
16.0%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Redding

These notes add local color around Redding, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 35-9099 SOC code
Official area Redding, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 39820 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
181,554