Material Moving Workers, All Other Salary — San Diego, California

The average Material Moving Workers, All Other in San Diego, California earns $40,610 a year.

$40,610 / year, mean
↓ 9.9% below national average 38th percentile in California

San Diego pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for material moving workers, all other, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
940
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.0%
Cost of living 112 #6 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 $946,365 #6 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,285 #10 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Diego ranks #6 for cost of living and #6 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.

New York $63,260 Virginia Beach $59,560 Portland $57,160 Baltimore $55,010 Eugene $54,890 Beaumont $52,070 Indianapolis $51,780 Merced $50,650 Philadelphia $50,420 Pittsburgh $49,550 Richmond $47,500 San Antonio $47,210 Vallejo $46,960 San Francisco $46,610 Orlando $46,450 San Jose $46,230 Detroit $45,800 Chico $45,180 Dallas $43,970 Austin $43,800 Jacksonville $43,790 Chicago $42,810 Salinas $42,480 Santa Rosa $42,460 Los Angeles $42,030 Santa Cruz $41,840 Houston $41,690 Sacramento $41,590 Stockton $41,470 Miami $41,450 Riverside $41,070 Modesto $41,020 San Diego $40,610 Oxnard $40,540 Redding $40,110 Fresno $39,910 San Luis Obispo $39,570 Tampa $39,510 Visalia $39,410 Salisbury $39,310 Bakersfield $39,190 Santa Maria $38,100 Fort Myers $37,820 Lakeland $36,330 Tyler $35,250 McAllen $34,480
CityMean salaryvs. San Diego
Austin, Texas$43,800+7.9%
Bakersfield, California$39,190-3.5%
Baltimore, Maryland$55,010+35.5%
Beaumont, Texas$52,070+28.2%
Fort Myers, Florida$37,820-6.9%
Chicago, Illinois$42,810+5.4%
Chico, California$45,180+11.3%
Dallas, Texas$43,970+8.3%
Detroit, Michigan$45,800+12.8%
Eugene, Oregon$54,890+35.2%
Fresno, California$39,910-1.7%
Houston, Texas$41,690+2.7%
Indianapolis, Indiana$51,780+27.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$43,790+7.8%
Lakeland, Florida$36,330-10.5%
Los Angeles, California$42,030+3.5%
McAllen, Texas$34,480-15.1%
Merced, California$50,650+24.7%
Miami, Florida$41,450+2.1%
Modesto, California$41,020+1.0%
New York, New York$63,260+55.8%
Orlando, Florida$46,450+14.4%
Oxnard, California$40,540-0.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$50,420+24.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,550+22.0%
Portland, Oregon$57,160+40.8%
Redding, California$40,110-1.2%
Richmond, Virginia$47,500+17.0%
Riverside, California$41,070+1.1%
Sacramento, California$41,590+2.4%
Salinas, California$42,480+4.6%
Salisbury, Maryland$39,310-3.2%
San Antonio, Texas$47,210+16.3%
San Francisco, California$46,610+14.8%
San Jose, California$46,230+13.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$39,570-2.6%
Santa Cruz, California$41,840+3.0%
Santa Maria, California$38,100-6.2%
Santa Rosa, California$42,460+4.6%
Stockton, California$41,470+2.1%
Tampa, Florida$39,510-2.7%
Tyler, Texas$35,250-13.2%
Vallejo, California$46,960+15.6%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$59,560+46.7%
Visalia, California$39,410-3.0%
Gross salary
40,610/yr
Estimated take-home
34,050/yr
Est. total withheld
16.2%

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.

View cost of living in this state All Material Moving Workers, All Other salaries in California → All Material Moving Workers, All Other salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for San Diego

These notes add local color around San Diego, 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 53-7199 SOC code
Official area San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Chula VistaCarlsbad
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.

On this page

Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
3,282,782